Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:35:33 +0100
From: Stefan Seyfried <seife@suse.de>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       dm-devel@redhat.com, Srinivasa DS <srinivasa@in.ibm.com>,
       Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net>, David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>,
       "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19 5/5] fs: freeze_bdev with semaphore not mutex
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On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 06:43:10PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
 
> > (b) it prevents journaling filesystems in general from replaying journals
> > after a failing resume.
> 
> I do not see b) as an useful goal.

I'm not sure, but i guess it also solves "GRUB takes a minute to load kernel
and initrd from /boot on suspended reiserfs"-problem, which i see as a _very_
useful goal.

Often, most of the time needed for resume is spent by GRUB loading the
kernel/initrd from a journaled FS.
-- 
Stefan Seyfried
QA / R&D Team Mobile Devices        |              "Any ideas, John?"
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, N?rnberg  | "Well, surrounding them's out." 
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