Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965039AbVKVRqw (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:46:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965037AbVKVRqw (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:46:52 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:31920 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965039AbVKVRqv (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:46:51 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:46:43 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Bj?rn Mork Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Resume from swsusp stopped working with 2.6.14 and 2.6.15-rc1 Message-ID: <20051122174643.GB1752@elf.ucw.cz> References: <87zmoa0yv5.fsf@obelix.mork.no> <20051119234850.GC1952@spitz.ucw.cz> <200511220026.55589.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <871x19giuw.fsf@obelix.mork.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <871x19giuw.fsf@obelix.mork.no> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1136 Lines: 32 Hi! [Please Cc me if you want fast reply.] > > Swsusp: do not time-out when stopping tasks while resuming > > > > When stopping tasks during esume process there is no point of > > eastablishing a timeout because teh process is past the point > > of no return; there is no possible recovery from failure. If > > stopping tasks fails resume is aborted and user is forced to > > do fsck anyway. > > If a clueless users voice counts for anything: I couldn't agree more. > > A failed resume is a near catastrophy if you use and trust swsusp. And > how could it ever be useful if you don't? Failed resume is only as bad as powerfail. > Maybe that even would give me a chance to fix some hardware problem > causing the timeout, and then retry the resume. ..while doing resume few times, trying to change hw config to make it resume is _way_ more dangerous. Pavel -- Thanks, Sharp! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/