Re: pcmcia resume 60 second hang. Re: [patch 00/69] -stable review

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu May 24 2007 - 18:32:24 EST


Hi!
>
> On Fri, 25 May 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > >
> > > Equally arguably, we should just have a "resume_late()" call that can be
> > > used to do this after everything is up and running.
> >
> > Yes, we can do that. But userland will see devices "not there" for a
> > few seconds after boot.
>
> No they won't.
>
> Why the HELL cannot you realize that kernel threads are different?
>
> The right thing to do is AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN, to stop and start user
> threads only around the whole thing.
>
> Don't touch those kernel threads. Stop freezing them.
>
> Then, what you do is:
> - stop user space
> - suspend
> - resume
~~~~~~~~~~~
notice how resume of pcmcia card that poor user has needs
userspace. So this does not work.

> - start user space

My proposed solution is "fix pcmcia to load firmware before suspend
even starts"

- HERE
> - stop user space
> - suspend
> - resume
> - start user space

Maybe freezer causes cancer in small children, but lets not blame it
for this.
Pavel
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