Re: [PATCH] serialize suspend-resume process

[BVK Chaitanya <bayapuneni_chaitanya@symantec.com>]

Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 31/7/08 12:57, "BVK Chaitanya" <bayapuneni_chaitanya@symantec.com> wrote:
>> If dom0 issues second suspend request before resume is completed a _new_
>> kthread is started and will proceed with xen_suspend in parallel.  I saw
>> this hitting BUG_ON in netfront_accelerator_add_watch.
> 
> That isn't true. xen_suspend() can only be re-entered after it has switched
> the 'shutting_down' variable to SHUTDOWN_INVALID. At this point resume work
> is completed (except perhaps for resuming some PV devices via xenbus, which
> is done asynchronously).
> 

This is the case if suspend is invoked through xenbus interface.

With suspend event channel in place, i see that suspend request doesn't 
go through the shutdown_handler function when suspend is triggered over 
event channel.


regards,
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bvk-chaitanya