Re: [linux-pm] Re: Hibernation considerations

Alan Stern
2007-07-20T20:12:41Z

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Oliver Neukum wrote:

> Am Freitag 20 Juli 2007 schrieb Alan Stern:
> > Some drivers need the ability to schedule.  Some will need the ability
> > to allocate memory (although GFP_ATOMIC is probably sufficient).  Some
> > will need timers to run.
>
> Some will have to request firmware. It can add up to some megabytes.
> In addition, if we don't freeze, some drivers, eg. video drivers, can
> do allocations in the megabyte range.
>
> It seems to me that without the freezer we will end up with many drivers
> needing a two step notification process. Furthermore there are requirements
> on the order of shutting down system facilities, eg. device addition must
> be stopped before drivers allocate firmware.

These are really separate issues, since they refer to things that have
to happen well before the memory snapshot is captured.

We already have a pre-suspend notification available for drivers that
need to allocate large amounts of memory.

You are correct about the need to delay/stop device addition. I don't
know how this can be done in general; each code path calling
device_add() may have to be treated individually.

Alan Stern