Re: [PATCH] x86/hibernate: Use fixmap for saving unmapped pages

From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Tue Jan 03 2023 - 12:23:43 EST


On Mon, 2022-12-05 at 13:46 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since none of the module space allocation overhauls ever seem to go
> > smoothly
> > and it may be awhile before VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS in not needed, I
> > thought I
> > would try and fix up some of its deficiencies in the meantime. This
> > is
> > pre-work for that, but I thought it was useful enough on it's own.
> >
> > The testing was hacking up hibernate to load some data to a huge NP
> > mapping
> > and making sure the data was there when it came back.
>
> OK, so I don't feel like it is 6.2 material at this point.
>
> Please resend it when 6.2-rc1 is out so it gets some more significant
> linux-next coverage before going into the mainline.
>
> Thanks!

Hi,

This still applies fine on both tip and Linus' tree. Is it a good time?

Thanks,

Rick