[linux-pm] Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm] swsusp: specify available swap in bytes

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On Ne 22-01-06 12:11:20, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If the SNAPSHOT_AVAIL_SWAP ioctl returns the number of bytes, it will allow us
> to use the number as an input for the SNAPSHOT_SET_IMAGE_SIZE ioctl directly.
> 
> OTOH, to make SNAPSHOT_AVAIL_SWAP return the number of bytes we need to
> add the size of the image in bytes to the image header, but this really costs us
> nothing, because the header is page-aligned anyway.
> 
> The appended patch contains all the necessary changes.
> 
> Opinions welcome. :-)

ACK.

BTW that "make /sys/power/image_size be in bytes" perhaps should be
merged to Linus, so that 2.6.16 has final version of userland
interface. It is better to change it between -rc1 and final than
between 2.6.16 and 2.6.17.

Thanks,
								Pavel

-- 
Thanks, Sharp!

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