Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > IMO to really fix the problem, we should let the drivers that need much memory > for suspending allocate it _before_ the memory shrinker is called. For this > purpose we can use notifiers that will be called before we start the shrinking > of memory. Namely, if a driver needs to allocate substantial amount of memory > for suspending, it can register a notifier that will be called before we try > to > shrink memory. Then, the memory needed by the driver may be allocated in > this notifier (of course, in that case it will also have to be called if the > shrinking of memory fails, so that the memory allocated by the driver for > suspending can be freed) and used in the driver's .suspend() routine. >
Can't you just put a "prepare to suspend" function pointer in the bus_type and device_driver structs? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
