Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:53:52 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: peculiar suspend/resume bug. |
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On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 03:41:40AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 08:37:28PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > > cpufreq-applet crashes as soon as the cpu goes offline. > > Now, the applet should be written to deal with this scenario more > > gracefully, but I'm questioning whether or not userspace should > > *see* the unplug/replug that suspend does at all. > > As Nigel mentioned, cpu unplug happens just before processes are frozen, > so I guess there's a chance for it to be scheduled. On the other hand, > it's not unreasonable for CPUs to be unplugged during runtime anyway - > perhaps userspace should be able to deal with that?
Sure, I'm not debating that point. It's a bug in the applet that needs fixing, but it also seems that we could be saving a whole lot of pain by hiding this from userspace at suspend/resume time.
Dave
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