Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:49:59 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH: 2/2] [SERIAL] avoid stalling suspend if serial port won't drain |
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> > Is printk() enough for 'we've just lost your data' condition? Maybe we > > should abort suspend if we can't drain fifo? > > No way. Think about this from a users' perspective. No one wants suspend > to ram or hibernate functionality that works sometimes and not others. > They want it to work reliably so they don't have to worry about their > laptop overheating while they're getting on the bus or airplane. > Aborting isn't an option.
Dumb question on the printk however - what if the port that is sticking is the console - don't we recurse and die ?
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