From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270492AbTGNBpV (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:45:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270495AbTGNBpV (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:45:21 -0400 Received: from smtp1.clear.net.nz ([203.97.33.27]:5816 "EHLO smtp1.clear.net.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270492AbTGNBpP (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:45:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:57:42 +1200 From: Nigel Cunningham Subject: Re: [Swsusp-devel] Re: Thoughts wanted on merging Software Suspend enhancements In-reply-to: <20030714015531.7F1CF14829@o-o.yi.org> To: Lyle Seaman Cc: swsusp-devel , Linux Kernel Mailing List Message-id: <1058147861.2400.13.camel@laptop-linux> Organization: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <20030714015531.7F1CF14829@o-o.yi.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Of course there's also the possibility that suspending might abort due to, say, being unable to freeze all the processes or having no swap available. In a situation like that, I wouldn't walk away until I saw it power down. Besides, we're only talking about waiting 10 or 20 seconds in most cases (depending on the system's configuration). If you care that much about the security of your system, you'll be willing to wait. Regards, Nigel On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 13:55, Lyle Seaman wrote: > > Haven't you ever pressed the "off" or "lock" button on a computer in a > > lab and walked away? > > Yes, I have, but that's not what I was driving at. The question is, what do > you think is the difference between : > > (a) pressing "suspend" and walking away, while being assured that suspend will > complete and leave the system ... suspended, until someone triggers a "resume" > > and > > (b) pressing "suspend" and walking away, while allowing the possibility that > someone might interrupt the suspend operation. > > ?? > > Personally, I don't see any difference. > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Nigel Cunningham 495 St Georges Road South, Hastings 4201, New Zealand You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. -- Romans 5:6, NIV.