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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PM / hibernate: Introduce snapshot test mode for hibernation
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On 2016年07月14日 06:18, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:45 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
>>> On Wed 2016-07-13 22:44:24, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed 2016-07-13 22:04:27, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and then swapon the swap device, and do a testing. This should be safer?
>>>>>>>>> Yeah, that's the way. Read-only root is other option.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I guess updating documentation would be welcome from my side,
>>>>>>>>>>> otherwise it should be ok.
>>>>>>>>>> OK, I'll update the documents.
>>>>>>>>> Just add fat warning into the documentation.
>>>>>>>> OK.
>>>>>>> Actually... If you could add
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> printk(KERN_ALERT "Hibernation image written. If you have any
>>>>>>> filesystems mounted read-write and attempt to resume, you'll corrupt
>>>>>>> your data. To prevent that, remove the hibernation image.\n")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...I guess that would save someone's filesystem. (Yes, very high
>>>>>>> loglevel. If you attempt to do this from anything else then singleuser
>>>>>>> or initrd, you are asking for problems, so... lets make sure user sees
>>>>>>> it.)
>>>>>> Please see the new version of this patch:
>>>>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9226837/
>>>>> New version changes nothing, right? You still need to be sure
>>>>> filesystems are not mounted r/w. So I would still like to see printk()
>>>>> with warning.
>>>> It shouldn't matter how they are mounted, because the contents of
>>>> persistent storage don't change.
>>> @@ -721,6 +724,9 @@ int hibernate(void)
>>> atomic_inc(&snapshot_device_available);
>>> Unlock:
>>> unlock_system_sleep();
>>> + if (snapshot_test)
>>> + software_resume();
>>> +
>>> return error;
>>> }
>>>
>>> Aha, I see, immediate wakeup here. Makes sense. ... ...
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> AFAICT, freezer is used in hibernation_snapshot, which means at
>>> Unlock:, kernel threads are running; software_resume() freezes them
>>> again, but they had chance to run and potentially corrupt the
>>> persistent storage... right?
>> OK, there is a bug.
>>
>> The thawing of user space is potentially dangerous, so in the
>> "snapshot" test mode hibernate() should just call
>> free_basic_memory_bitmaps() and from there invoke the code below the
>> Check_image label in software_resume(), roughly.
> Or rather call free_basic_memory_bitmaps() and
> unlock_device_hotplug(), then do swsusp_check() and invoke the code
> starting with the "PM: Loading hibernation image.\n" message in
> software_resume().
OK, I've used this solution and sent a v3 out.
thanks!
>
> Thanks,
> Rafael

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