On Wednesday 26 May 2010, Nigel Cunningham wrote: > Hi all. > > In current in-kernel hibernation code, swap is allocated as the image is > being written. > > The first four patches in this series rework things so that all swap > that will be used is allocated prior to any data being written to disk. > The fourth patch might look like too much for one patch, but it's > necessary to not break bisecting. > > The fifth patch fixes a minor error in displaying the speed at which I/O > occurred. > > This is the beginning of what I hope will be a long series of sets of > patches, first working towards adding support for properly asynchronous > I/O (not batching, as is currently done), then compression, multiple > swap devices and more. In short, this is the beginning of work on > merging TuxOnIce functionality a bit at a time. > > The work is coming now because I recently finished my previous job, so > I'm seeking to get some of those jobs I've been wanting to do for a long > time out of the way. If anyone wants to employ me to do this work, I > wouldn't say no! :) > > Please excuse me if there are wrapping issues with the patches - I'm > using Thunderbird, and haven't sent a patch series for quite a while, so > don't remember the fancy git mailer way (will have to look it up). > > Rafael, these and future patches will be available at: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nigelc/tuxonice-head.git#for-rafael Thanks for the patches, I'll have a look at them as soon as I can. I haven't replied to your hibernation algorithm idea, mostly because I didn't have the time to look into it more thoroughly and I don't remember all of the details. I'm still going to reply to it, though. Rafael _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
