linux-kernel - Re: Regression in suspend to ram in 2.6.31-rc kernels

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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:05:10 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <pierre-list@...man.eu>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@...il.com>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: Regression in suspend to ram in 2.6.31-rc kernels

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:51:17 +0200
Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

> On Fri 2009-09-11 23:45:01, Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
> > 
> > Well system could check basic card ids if they match after resume - if
> > some users wants to crash his card by randomly swapping it during
> > suspend/resume - I'd have no problem with that....
> 
> Well, I do have small problem with that :-).
> 
> Anyway, patch for rechecking IDs would probably be accepted, but
> that's not how it works now.
> 								Pavel

It _does_ check the card id when you have UNSAFE_RESUME selected. It
doesn't just hook up whatever card you happen to have in the slot with
your old block device. I may have a lot of opponents when it comes
to my suspend design choices, but I'm not completely crazy. ;)

Rgds
-- 
     -- Pierre Ossman

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