linux-kernel - Re: Long delay in resume from RAM (Was Re: [patch 00/69] -stablereview)

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0705241332100.26602@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 24 May 2007 13:33:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Romano Giannetti <romano.giannetti@...il.com>
cc:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: Long delay in resume from RAM (Was Re: [patch 00/69]
 -stablereview)



On Thu, 24 May 2007, Romano Giannetti wrote:
> 
> Well, I've made a bit of a mess. The setup that has not the delay when
> the card is out is a plain 2.6.21.2 (without suspend ordering). 
> 
> The lockup ocurred on a 2.6.21.1 WITH the suspend ordering patch, but
> was just one time, after I plugged and unplugged the card several time.
> Could not reproduce it, however. Puzzled.

Ok, I'm pretty sure that the suspend ordering doesn't matter at all for 
you.

Occasional lockups on resume is probably a separate issue, and it might 
well be a race, or even just firmware timing bugs.

		Linus
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