linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm] PM: Do not sync filesystems from within the freezer

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Message-ID: <20070705220046.GC3881@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2007 00:00:46 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, nigel@...pend2.net,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm] PM: Do not sync filesystems from within the freezer

Hi!

> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
> 
> The syncing of filesystems from within the freezer is generally not needed.
> Change freeze_processes() so that it doesn't execute sys_sync() and make the
> suspend and hibernation code path sync filesystems independently of the freezer.

Yes, we can do that, but ... why?

Does it actually fix FUSE? Miklos claims sync is nop on FUSE...?
									Pavel

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