Re: [PATCH 1/1] suspend: delete sys_sync()

[Oliver Neukum]

On Tue, 2015-07-07 at 14:14 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> For example, on desktop systems I use user space syncs filesystems
> before
> writing to /sys/power/state, so the additional sys_sync() in the
> kernel doesn't
> seem to serve any purpose.

There is a race you cannot close in user space.

	Regards
		Oliver


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