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

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Message-ID: <1436341873.5636.5.camel@suse.com>
Date:	Wed, 08 Jul 2015 09:51:13 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] suspend: delete sys_sync()

On Wed, 2015-07-08 at 00:11 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 07, 2015 04:38:26 PM Oliver Neukum wrote:
>  
> > That is a tough nut. But that's not a reason to make it worse.
> > I'd say there's no reason not to use a secondary interface to
> > suspend without syncing or to extend or introduce such an interface
> > if the API is deficient.
> 
> Well, the point here is that the sync we have doesn't prevent all potentially
> possible bad things from happening.  It's a partial measure at best in that
> respect.

Well, removed hardware doesn't work. That is a very basic limitation.
But can we guarantee that any returned syscall actually wrote to disk?
Yes, but it must be done in kernel space. So doing a sync has a true
benefit.
I don't see why you would want to generally remove it. What is wrong
with an interface allowing a selection there to those who don't care
about additional guarantees?

	Regards
		Oliver


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