From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM pathway Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:33:17 +0200 Message-ID: <200707041233.18199.rjw@sisk.pl> References: <20070703042916.GA17240@srcf.ucam.org> <200707032332.49694.rjw@sisk.pl> <18059.5165.861038.392332@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <18059.5165.861038.392332@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-pm-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: linux-pm-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: Paul Mackerras Cc: linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pavel Machek , Matthew Garrett List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday, 4 July 2007 05:29, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Rafael J. Wysocki writes: > > > Still, do you really think that we're ready to drop it _right_ _now_ (I'm > > referring to suspend only) and if so than on what basis (except that you > > don't like it, which falls short of being a techical argument)? > > The basis is that it (the freezer) causes more deadlocks and other > problems than it avoids, so it's a net win to remove it. So, I gather, you're volunteering to handle suspend-related bug reports from the point in which we drop the freezer from the suspend code path? Greetings, Rafael -- "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." - Donald Knuth