linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] Re: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM pathway

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:40:44 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	mjg59@...f.ucam.org, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Re: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM
	pathway

Oliver Neukum writes:

> That's why we have the problem of freezing the kernel threads or not.

That problem is a symptom of the deeper conceptual problem, as is the
problem with FUSE.

> You want to have all that pain for fuse?

I'd certainly rather get the drivers right, and maybe have an
occasional deadlock if I miss something, than have a GUARANTEED
deadlock every time I suspend with a FUSE filesystem mounted (which is
pretty much every time, since I use encfs regularly).

Paul.
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