Re: [linux-pm] what the patches do Re: [RFC 10/15] PM / Hibernate:user, implement user_ops reader

From: Nigel Cunningham
Date: Thu Mar 25 2010 - 02:11:51 EST


Hi again.

On 25/03/10 16:42, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
On 25/03/10 16:30, Pavel Machek wrote:
[...]

I have some problems with sws_module_ops interface (handcoded locking
is too ugly to live), but it is better than I expected. But there may
be better solution available, one that does not need two interfaces to
maintain (we can't really get rid of userland interface). What about
this?

Just picking up on that bracketed part: Can we flag the userland
interface (and uswsusp) as being planned for eventual removal now... or
at least agree to work toward that?

I'm asking because if we're going to make a go of getting the in-kernel
code in much better shape, and we have Rafael, Jiri and I - and you? -
all pulling in the same direction to improve it, there's going to come a

I realised after sending this that the " - and you? - " was ambiguous. I wasn't meaning to suggest that you might pull in a different direction, but rather uncertainty as to whether you might help with the effort - it's been a while (AFAIR) since you've done any hibernaton patches.

Humble apologies for the ambiguity!

Nigel
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