Re: [RFC/PATCH] PM / Hibernate : Add wait for disk detection if resume_file is MAJOR:MINOR style

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

On Monday, May 07, 2012, Minho Ban wrote:
> name_to_dev_t is not enough to check device detection when the resume_file is
> MAJOR:MINOR format.

It's not assumed to be in that format, although I suppose we can add the
possibility to specify it this way.

> get_gendisk is needed in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Minho Ban <mhban@samsung.com>
> ---
>  kernel/power/hibernate.c |   10 ++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/power/hibernate.c b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
> index e09dfbf..27efaef 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/hibernate.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
>  #include <linux/gfp.h>
>  #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
> +#include <linux/ctype.h>
> +#include <linux/genhd.h>
>  #include <scsi/scsi_scan.h>
>  
>  #include "power.h"
> @@ -749,6 +751,14 @@ static int software_resume(void)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	/* name_to_dev_t is ineffective if resume_file comes in major:minor
> +	 * format */
> +	if (isdigit(resume_file[0]) && resume_wait) {

The check here is too late.  It should be done before name_to_dev_t() is
used on resume_file for the first time.

> +		int partno;
> +		while (!get_gendisk(swsusp_resume_device, &partno))
> +			msleep(10);
> +	}
> +
>   Check_image:
>  	pr_debug("PM: Hibernation image partition %d:%d present\n",
>  		MAJOR(swsusp_resume_device), MINOR(swsusp_resume_device));

Besides, I'd like the documentation to be updated to reflect this change too.

Thanks,
Rafael