linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] Re: Hibernation considerations

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:31:29 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	rjw@...k.pl, nigel@...el.suspend2.net, stern@...land.harvard.edu,
	nigel@...pend2.net, jbms@....edu, miltonm@....com,
	ying.huang@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, david@...g.hm,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Re: Hibernation considerations

Am Montag 23 Juli 2007 schrieb Miklos Szeredi:
> > The reason is that we want them to "park" in safe places, ie. where there
> > are no locks held etc.  Thus, these safe places need to be chosen somehow
> > and since they are not marked throughout the code, we choose the obvious
> > one. :-)
> 
> Why shouldn't locks be held?
> 
> No locks which are required for suspend must be held, sure.  But
> otherwise holding locks doesn't matter at all.

If you can provide a way to tell them apart, this would work.

	Regards
		Oliver

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