Re: syncing the disks when entering sleep

Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-01-31T12:33:37Z

On Sunday 31 January 2010, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Wed 2010-01-27 21:46:43, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 January 2010, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Per-system property, which should better be
> > > > > per-program-that-requires-suspend. You request suspend without syncing
> > > > > (you want it quick, battery is 90%), then the battery runs low, and
> > > > > system daeomn requests s2ram, not realizing that someone disabled sync
> > > > > from under him.
> > > >
> > > > I really prefer a per-system setting. The program that wants to sync anyway
> > > > can easily do that by itself.
> > >
> > > Yes, but existing apps do not know they have to sync. You are
> > > essentially adding "break back compatibility" system wide option, when
> > > better alternative exists... See above for concrete example where it
> > > may hurt.
> >
> > I don't get what the problem is, really.
> >
> > There's _nothing_ here that breaks the existing behavior. If the user doesn't
> > set the switch, everything works as usual. If he does, breaking the "back
> > compatibility" is _his_ problem.
>
> So... you give them option to break back compatibility then blame it
> on them.... Yes, we could do it, but it is not good.
>
> And better alternative exists, where you make the option per-suspend
> so it does not have chance to break compatibility later.

I'm not sure what you mean. Would you like it to reset itself during resume
or something like this?

Rafael