Re: [PATCH] [swsusp] print error message when swapping is disabled

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Fri Oct 29 2004 - 05:01:48 EST


Hi!

> >> > Another case is PSE disabled. Should notify this to user also.
> >>
> >> Here is a patch to address it.
> >
> >Patch is okay (but I rararely see this kind of failure in
> >wild). Please submit via akpm.
> >
> Enable DEBUG_PAGEALLOC will disable PSE.
> Possibly a stupid question, why swsusp need PSE? I didn't see any
> relationship between the two.

swsusp relies on fact that kernel 1:1 mapping is self-contained in
top-level pagedir. That is not true without PSE, right?

[Hmm, probably bigger comment explaining this would be nice...]

Pavel
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