Re: Which is simpler? (Was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: [ 00/10] [Suspend2] Modules support.)

[Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@cyclades.com>]

Hi.

On Saturday 25 February 2006 09:53, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > > > 2) shrink_all_memory() should be fixed. It should not really return
> > > > if there are more pages freeable.
> > >
> > > Well, that would be a long-run solution.  However, until it's fixed we
> > > can use a workaround IMHO. ;-)
> >
> > Isn't trying to free as much memory as you can the wrong solution anyway?
> > I mean, that only means that the poor system has more pages to fault back
> > in at resume time, before the user can even begin to think about doing
> > anything useful. You might be able to say "Every machine that suspend2
> > works on, swsusp works on", but the later will be a pretty sad definition
> > of works!
>
> We are trying to catch a bug here. suspend2 or not, it is a bug and it
> should be fixed (or at least understood).
>
> [Also please try to tone down your messages. Your suspend2 may be more
> user-friendly, you do not want to start that flamewar again, do you?
> Saying "don't bother fixing that" is not nice thing to do.]

What's the bug?

Regards,

Nigel

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