Hi! > > > For reference, this is the diff of this function (with the above patch) > > > against a 2.6.13 (the last one i found around here that had this working, > > > the > > > kernel of suse 10.0, after that it disappeared before 2.6.16): > > > > > > # static int prepare_processes(void) > > > # { > > > # int error; > > > # > > > # pm_prepare_console(); > > > # - > > > # - sys_sync(); > > > # - > > > # disable_nonboot_cpus(); > > > # > > > # if (freeze_processes()) { > > > > Why exacly was sys_sync removed from prepare_processes? > > Because it was moved to freeze_processes(). > > > My last power failure during suspend-to-disk caused a journal replay > > which took a few minutes on reboot. > > AFAICT, sys_sync doesn't prevent journal replies from happening on failure. > It only causes data to be written to the storage, metadata are different > story.
Are you sure? sync should sync data and metadata, AFAICT... but it is okay to sync it to the journal, only. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Suspend-devel mailing list Suspend-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/suspend-devel