Re: [PATCH] Thaw userspace and kernel space separately.

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>> Modify process thawing so that we can thaw kernel space without thawing
>> userspace, and thaw kernelspace first. This will be useful in later
>> patches, where I intend to get swsusp thawing kernel threads only before
>> seeking to free memory.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net>
> 
> NAK. "May be useful in future" is not good reason to merge it now. (If
> you did not want it merged, just mark it so).

I hope Nigel will keep working at it, since low memory machines like old 
laptops would benefit from suspend are a reality. It can be kept as a 
separate patch somewhere, like suspend2, which people can patch in to 
enhance the example code currently in the kernel.

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