linux-kernel - Re: suspend2 merge (was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: CFS and suspend2: hang in atomic copy)

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:24:08 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	Christian Hesse <mail@...thworm.de>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>,
	suspend2-devel@...ts.suspend2.net,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: suspend2 merge (was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: CFS and suspend2: hang in atomic copy)

Hi!

> > Well, current uswsusp code can do most of stuff suspend2 can do, with
> > 20% (or so) of kernel code. 
> 
> Btw, this is a totally inane argument.
> 
> If the code just moved somewhere else, it's not "less code".

It is not "just moved". It is in userspace, where we can use liblzf /
gcrypt / ( and vbetool for s2ram/s2both) as libraries. We have about
7000 LoC of userland code (that is not libraries).

> You compare complete subsystems against complete subsystems, OR YOU DON'T 
> COMPARE THEM AT ALL!

Ok, I do not know how big suspend2 user code is, but kernel uswsusp
(4 kLoC) + userland support (7 kLoC) is still smaller than suspend2
kernel code (+ ? kLoC suspend2 userland support).

> This whole notion that "kernel lines of code" is somehow different is a 
> stupid and idiotic _disease_ that is spread by microkernel people and 
> people who have been brainwashed by them.

Yep, sorry about that.

> Separation of code often makes things *harder* to understand and debug. A 
> few prime examples of this f*cking idiotic stupid disease of discounting 
> user level code because it somehow "doesn't matter" is:

I believe uswsusp user/kernel separation is clean enough. Kernel
provides "snapshot image" and "resume image". (Thanks go to Rafael for
very clean interface).

								Pavel
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