linux-kernel - Re: USB: on suspend to ram/disk all usb devices are replugged

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Date:	Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:36:06 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	David Zeuthen <davidz@...hat.com>,
	Maxim <maximlevitsky@...il.com>,
	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>, gregkh@...e.de,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	USB development list <linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: USB: on suspend to ram/disk all usb devices are replugged

Hi!

> > But you're still likely to run into trouble if you unplug a storage
> > device, move it to another system and write on it, then plug it back into
> > the original system.  The PLVM would somehow have to recognize that the
> > data had been changed.  I don't know a foolproof way of doing that.
> > 
> 
> Mark the filesystem as in-use with a one-time UUID in the superblock at
> mount time. If one moved the drive to another system it would require
> an fsck to clear the UUID before the other system could use it; then
> the original machine would refuse to use the drive when the UUID didn't
> match on resume.

You still need fs-specific code, I'm afraid... plus userland tool
to reset signatures back.

Patches welcome. 
								Pavel
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