From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756334AbXGHHf5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jul 2007 03:35:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752831AbXGHHft (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jul 2007 03:35:49 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:38282 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752629AbXGHHfs (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jul 2007 03:35:48 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Oleg Verych Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM pathway (philosophical) Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 07:35:25 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Palacky University in Olomouc, experimental physics department. Message-ID: References: <1183676393.3388.89.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: flower.upol.cz User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Debian) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Alan Stern >> Why are you guys working so hard and spending so much energy to try to >> avoid doing the right thing is beyond my understanding... >> >> > It _does_ apply to kernel threads. That's exactly why I wrote above >> > that kernel threads which try to do I/O during a suspend will need >> > extra attention. >> >> Ok none at all if you don't have a freezer. > > In answer to both questions: We need the freezer in order to Non of *complex* living creatures survive motionless freezing (with ice). That's why stupid me just don't care about all that stuff in the Linux. It's nice to see somebody approaches this from technical, but not off-topical POV :). ____