linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] suspend: delete sys

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUXJ_fobDSiDgRhovjHOE0wcKEXVvJWP5ExFs7+vOKsdA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 4 Jul 2015 10:50:36 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] suspend: delete sys_sync()

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net> wrote:
> [The argument that the user can pull removable storage devices out of the
> system while suspended doesn't hold any water to me, because the user can
> pull them out of the system when not suspended just as well and cause the
> same kind of damage to happen.]

The user may not notice the difference between a suspended and powered
off machine, and thus think it's safe to unplug the USB memory stick while
the machine appears off.

If that's considered a valid use case, this would be a regression.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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