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@@ -81,7 +81,16 @@ hibernation image has been created and before the system is finally powered off.
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The majority of these are user space processes, but if any of the kernel threads
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The majority of these are user space processes, but if any of the kernel threads
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may cause something like this to happen, they have to be freezable.
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may cause something like this to happen, they have to be freezable.
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-2. The second reason is to prevent user space processes and some kernel threads
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+2. Next, to create the hibernation image we need to free a sufficient amount of
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+memory (approximately 50% of available RAM) and we need to do that before
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+devices are deactivated, because we generally need them for swapping out. Then,
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+after the memory for the image has been freed, we don't want tasks to allocate
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+additional memory and we prevent them from doing that by freezing them earlier.
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+[Of course, this also means that device drivers should not allocate substantial
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+amounts of memory from their .suspend() callbacks before hibernation, but this
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+is e separate issue.]
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+3. The third reason is to prevent user space processes and some kernel threads
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from interfering with the suspending and resuming of devices. A user space
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from interfering with the suspending and resuming of devices. A user space
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process running on a second CPU while we are suspending devices may, for
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process running on a second CPU while we are suspending devices may, for
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example, be troublesome and without the freezing of tasks we would need some
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example, be troublesome and without the freezing of tasks we would need some
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@@ -111,7 +120,7 @@ frozen before the driver's .suspend() callback is executed and it will be
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thawed after the driver's .resume() callback has run, so it won't be accessing
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thawed after the driver's .resume() callback has run, so it won't be accessing
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the device while it's suspended.
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the device while it's suspended.
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-3. Another reason for freezing tasks is to prevent user space processes from
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+4. Another reason for freezing tasks is to prevent user space processes from
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realizing that hibernation (or suspend) operation takes place. Ideally, user
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realizing that hibernation (or suspend) operation takes place. Ideally, user
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space processes should not notice that such a system-wide operation has occurred
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space processes should not notice that such a system-wide operation has occurred
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and should continue running without any problems after the restore (or resume
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and should continue running without any problems after the restore (or resume
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