Re: what the patches do Re: [RFC 10/15] PM / Hibernate: user, implementuser_ops reader

From: Nigel Cunningham
Date: Thu Mar 25 2010 - 01:42:20 EST


Hi.

On 25/03/10 16:30, Pavel Machek wrote:
[...]

I have some problems with sws_module_ops interface (handcoded locking
is too ugly to live), but it is better than I expected. But there may
be better solution available, one that does not need two interfaces to
maintain (we can't really get rid of userland interface). What about
this?

Just picking up on that bracketed part: Can we flag the userland interface (and uswsusp) as being planned for eventual removal now... or at least agree to work toward that?

I'm asking because if we're going to make a go of getting the in-kernel code in much better shape, and we have Rafael, Jiri and I - and you? - all pulling in the same direction to improve it, there's going to come a point (hopefully not too far away) where uswsusp is just making life too difficult, and getting rid of it will be a big help.

Regards,

Nigel
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