linux-kernel - Re: Back to the future.

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Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:04:45 +0200
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	David Lang <david.lang@...italinsight.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Back to the future.

Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

>> I also don't like the idea of storing this in the swap partition for a
>> couple of reasons.
>> 
>> 1. on many modern linux systems the swap partition is not large enough.
>> 
>> for example, on my boxes with 16G or ram I only allocate 2G of swap
>> space
> 
> WTF? So allocate larger swap partition. You just told me disks are big
> enough.

1) Repartitioning is sometimes not an option.
2) What happens, if the swap space gets used?

I want to be sure I can suspend my {server,laptop} in case of power running
out. Using swap is only an option for desktops.

>> 2. it's too easy for other things to stomp on your swap partition.
>> 
>>   for example: booting from a live CD that finds and uses swap
>> partitions
> 
> That's a feature. If you are booting from live CD, you _want_ to erase
> any hibernation image.

NACK. You want to keep all partitions related to the hibernated system
read-only. That's completely different from destroying all your unsafed
data and possibly long-running tasks.
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