linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] swap image signature check upon resume

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Date:	Sun, 9 Dec 2007 17:09:59 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@...oo.de>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] swap image signature check upon resume

On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 03:27:57PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
...

> > Instead, I'd rather issue a warning that the swsusp header mismatches, say with
> > which kernel the machine got suspended with and then start the countdown for reboot.
> 
> What exactly would that change?  You need to reboot anyway and fsck will run on
> the filesystems regardless of which kernel you boot with.

well, you'll have the chance to reboot with the kernel the machine got suspended
with and then the swsusp image header _will_ match so no fsck-ing. or am i
missing something...

-- 
Regards/Gruß,
    Boris.
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