linux-kernel - Re: malicious filesystems (was Re: [linux-pm] Re: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM pathway)

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Date:	Sun, 8 Jul 2007 19:28:24 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, pavel@....cz,
	oliver@...kum.org, paulus@...ba.org, stern@...land.harvard.edu,
	johannes@...solutions.net, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mjg59@...f.ucam.org,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>
Subject: Re: malicious filesystems (was Re: [linux-pm] Re: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM pathway)

On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 08:08:56PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Well, the system that cannot access its filesystems is not in a consistent
> state, so it generally is not reasonable to suspend or hibernate it.
> 
> In fact, NFS and similar filesystems should always be unmounted before the
> suspend/hibernation to avoid problems that may arise after the resume, if
> they become unavailable at that time.

Ah, thanks for clarifying that. [mentally putting the entire thing into
"unusable due to idiotic design imposing idiotic limitations" bin and
stepping out of this thread]
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