linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

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Date:	Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:50:01 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@...ia.com>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Paul@...p1.linux-foundation.org" <Paul@...p1.linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Neil Brown wrote:
> 
> I think you have acknowledged that there is a race with suspend - thanks.
> Next step was "can it be closed".
> You seem to suggest that it can, but you describe it as a "work around"
> rather than a "bug fix"...
> 
> Do you agree that the race is a "bug", and therefore it is appropriate to
> "fix" it assuming an acceptable fix can be found (which I think it can)?

If we can fix it, yes we definitely should do and not work around it.
 
Thanks,

	tglx
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