Re: Suspend to disk: do we HAVE to use swap?

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Tuesday, 31 October 2006 21:15, Luca Tettamanti wrote:
> Il Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:19:37PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki ha scritto: 
> > On Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:05, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 17:40, Luca Tettamanti wrote:
> > > > Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> ha scritto:
> > > > > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 06:16, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > [snip]
> > > > >
> > > > >> However, we already have code that allows us to use swap files for the
> > > > >> suspend and turning a regular file into a swap file is as easy as
> > > > >> running 'mkswap' and 'swapon' on it.
> > > > >
> > > > > How is this feature enabled? I don't see it in 2.6.19-rc4.
> > > >
> > > > Swap files have been supported for ages. suspend-to-swapfile is very
> > > > new, you need a -mm kernel and userspace suspend from CVS:
> > > > http://suspend.sf.net
> > > 
> > > I know, I use swap files, and not a partition. This has prevented me from 
> > > using suspend to disk "for ages". ;-)
> > > 
> > > Is userspace suspend REQUIRED for this feature?
> > 
> > No, but unfortunately one piece is still missing: You'll need to figure out
> > where your swap file's header is located.
> > 
> > However, if you apply the attached patch the kernel will tell you where it is
> > (after you do 'swapon' grep dmesg for 'swap' and use the value in the
> > 'offset' field).
> 
> Of course it's also possibile to use FIBMAP ioctl:
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <sys/ioctl.h>
> #include <linux/fs.h>
> 
> int main(int argc, char **argv) {
>         int block = 0;
>         int fd;
> 
>         if (argc < 2)
>                 return 1;
> 
>         fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
>         if (fd < 0) {
>                 perror("open()");
>                 return 1;
>         }
> 
>         if (ioctl(fd, FIBMAP, &block)) {
>                 perror("ioctl()");
>                 return 1;
>         }
> 
>         close(fd);
>         printf("%d\n", block);
> 
>         return 0;
> }
> 
> Probably it's more script friendly (grepping dmesg? hmmm) ;)

That's a bit more complicated, because you need to find a block which is
PAGE_SIZE big and express the number in PAGE_SIZE units.

Still it _is_ more script friendly and that's why the patch I sent hasn't been
applied.

Greetings,
Rafael


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