From: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@cyclades.com>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [5/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 350-workthreads.patch
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:45:12 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1121168712.13869.171.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050712112542.GM1854@elf.ucw.cz>
Hi.
On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 21:25, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > OTOH: this is only critical for "niceness", not for
> > > correctness. Calling sync() before suspend is simply nice thing to do,
> > > but it is not required in any way. If someone is doing long dd, tough,
> > > they are going to loose some data if wakeup fails. It is no worse than
> > > sudden poweroff.
> >
> > How can you say it's only required for niceness one minute, then admit
> > it might result in data loss the next?
>
> It will result in data loss *if resume fails*. But failing resume
> *always* causes data in running programs to be lost, so I do not see
> that as a problem.
It does for you :>
Regards,
Nigel
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2005-07-06 2:20 [0/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12 Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [6/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 351-syncthreads.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [1/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: submit_intro Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 6:37 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 8:12 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [5/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 350-workthreads.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 23:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-12 6:40 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 10:57 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 11:07 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 11:15 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 11:25 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 11:25 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 11:45 ` Nigel Cunningham [this message]
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [4/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 302-init-hooks.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 8:38 ` Shaohua Li
2005-07-06 8:35 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 15:38 ` Bernard Blackham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [3/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 301-proc-acpi-sleep-activate-hook.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 23:03 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-12 6:45 ` Nigel Cunningham
[not found] ` <E1DsHMp-00062f-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
2005-07-12 10:07 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 10:22 ` Matthew Garrett
2005-07-12 10:34 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [2/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 300-reboot-handler-hook.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 10:08 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 10:18 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [9/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 354-disable-mce-checking-during-suspend-avoid-smp-deadlock.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-09 11:49 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-09 12:02 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [8/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 353-disable-highmem-tlb-flush-for-copyback.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [10/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 360-reset-kswapd-max-order-after-resume.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 23:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-12 9:05 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [12/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 402-mtrr-remove-sysdev.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 23:07 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-12 6:33 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [13/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 403-debug-pagealloc-support.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 23:02 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-12 6:48 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [7/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 352-disable-pdflush-during-suspend.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 3:34 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-07-06 3:43 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 13:27 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-07-06 8:08 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 9:52 ` Russell King
2005-07-10 23:07 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [11/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 401-e820-table-support.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 3:35 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-07-06 3:44 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 8:04 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 13:29 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [14/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 404-check-mounts-support.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 8:15 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 8:30 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [18/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 501-tlb-flushing-functions.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-09 11:52 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [19/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 510-version-specific-mac.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 3:49 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 5:30 ` hugang
2005-07-06 6:03 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 3:53 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-07-06 3:59 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 13:40 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-07-06 5:58 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 6:21 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 10:04 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [17/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 500-version-specific-i386.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 3:43 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [20/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 520-version-specific-x86_64.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [16/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 406-dynamic-pageflags.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 7:46 ` Shaohua Li
2005-07-06 8:13 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 8:30 ` Shaohua Li
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [23/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 600-suspend-header.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [21/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 550-documentation.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [15/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 405-clear-swapfile-bdev-in-swapoff.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [22/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 560-Kconfig-and-Makefile-for-suspend2.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [27/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 604-utility.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [32/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 609-driver-model.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 10:10 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 12:05 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 12:14 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [29/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 606-all-settings.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:03 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-11 9:38 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [24/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 601-kernel_power_power-header.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 3:42 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-07-06 3:45 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [30/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 607-atomic-copy.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:01 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-11 8:58 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [28/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 605-kernel_power_suspend.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 17:58 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 8:39 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [31/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 608-compression.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-09 11:55 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-09 12:15 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [26/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 603-suspend2_common-headers.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 10:22 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 11:41 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 11:52 ` Pekka J Enberg
2005-07-06 11:58 ` [PATCH] [26/48] " Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-09 11:53 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [25/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 602-smp.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 12:03 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 13:21 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [36/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 612-pagedir.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [34/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 610-extent.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 10:14 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [33/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 610-encryption.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:15 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 8:34 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [35/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 611-io.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:12 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 8:38 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [38/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 614-plugins.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:08 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-11 10:05 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [37/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 613-pageflags.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 12:01 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-07 9:30 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-09 12:16 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-09 12:32 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [39/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 615-poweroff.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:18 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 8:31 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [40/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 616-prepare_image.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:13 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 8:34 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [41/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 617-proc.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 10:03 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [42/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 618-core.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:21 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 6:59 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 7:56 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [47/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 623-generic-block-io.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:24 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [46/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 622-swapwriter.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 6:33 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-07 12:40 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-07 13:05 ` Pekka J Enberg
2005-07-08 13:41 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-07 13:32 ` [PATCH] [46/48] " Pekka Enberg
2005-07-07 21:16 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-07 21:26 ` nickpiggin
2005-07-08 13:42 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-08 5:49 ` Pekka J Enberg
2005-07-08 5:53 ` Pekka J Enberg
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [43/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 619-userspace-nofreeze.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 6:18 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-10 23:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-12 6:29 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 14:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [45/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 621-swsusp-tidy.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 9:55 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [44/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 620-userui.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 18:22 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-12 6:58 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 2:20 ` [PATCH] [48/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 624-filewriter.patch Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 10:07 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-07-06 10:13 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 10:17 ` Pekka J Enberg
2005-07-09 12:10 ` [PATCH] [48/48] " Pavel Machek
2005-07-09 12:18 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-10 23:14 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-12 6:30 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 6:40 ` [0/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12 Pekka Enberg
2005-07-07 12:19 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-06 8:21 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 8:22 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-06 8:33 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-07 0:27 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-07 12:04 ` Matthew Garrett
2005-07-07 12:15 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-07 12:49 ` Matthew Garrett
2005-07-07 12:56 ` Nigel Cunningham
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2005-07-08 22:27 ` Nigel Cunningham
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2005-07-10 23:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-07-12 6:36 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 6:41 ` Andrew Morton
2005-07-12 6:57 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-07-12 10:25 ` Nigel Cunningham
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