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Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:10:51 +0200
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On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 10:29 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:


> If I understood you correctly then you can shutdown the CPU in idle
> completelty already, but that's not enough due to:
> 
>     1) crappy applications keeping the cpu away from idle
>     2) timers firing
> 
> Would solving those two issues be sufficient for you or am I missing
> something ?

Aren't the container snapshot/resume people fighting the same set of
problems here?