Re: Fix SWSUSP & !SWAP

Martin J. Bligh
2003-04-24T00:48:00Z

>> OK ... but at least having the *option* to have a separate reserved
>> area would be nice, no? For most people, RAM is just a tiny amount
>> of their disk space ... and damn, does it make the code simpler ;-)
>
> If it is an *option*, it does not make code simpler.
>
> And OOM-killing during suspend is just what you want. It makes suspend
> deterministic but it might kill someone. [Well, your solution would
> kill him sooner than that...]

OK, fair enough. I like the "activate the spare swap blob" plan.
Seems like the best of both worlds ... people can use files or
partitions, and all the code is already there.

M.