linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5]: Improve performance of LZO hibernation

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Message-ID: <CAOJsxLGUmV=5+fOJShbfc+kELcPS9pnE+DkNY9+TBS33VmzRFg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:02:34 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Bojan Smojver <bojan@...ursive.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5]: Improve performance of LZO hibernation

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Bojan Smojver <bojan@...ursive.com> wrote:
> I'm guessing here that you mean that parts of the kernel other than
> hibernation code itself can do this (i.e. set the flag for the thread to
> stop, so kthread_should_stop() returns true). Correct?

Sorry, I'm not familiar this code. However, if you're checking for the
condition..

[snip]

> Right now, this would result in - well I don't know what exactly - most
> likely corrupted data on disk or on memory.

...this is not really an option for handling it.

                         Pekka
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