From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759619AbXGDK0N (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2007 06:26:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758171AbXGDKZ7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2007 06:25:59 -0400 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:48469 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757955AbXGDKZ6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2007 06:25:58 -0400 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Paul Mackerras Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Re: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM pathway Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:33:17 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Matthew Garrett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pavel Machek , linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org References: <20070703042916.GA17240@srcf.ucam.org> <200707032332.49694.rjw@sisk.pl> <18059.5165.861038.392332@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <18059.5165.861038.392332@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200707041233.18199.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday, 4 July 2007 05:29, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Rafael J. Wysocki writes: > > > Still, do you really think that we're ready to drop it _right_ _now_ (I'm > > referring to suspend only) and if so than on what basis (except that you > > don't like it, which falls short of being a techical argument)? > > The basis is that it (the freezer) causes more deadlocks and other > problems than it avoids, so it's a net win to remove it. So, I gather, you're volunteering to handle suspend-related bug reports from the point in which we drop the freezer from the suspend code path? Greetings, Rafael -- "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." - Donald Knuth