[dm-devel] [PATCH 1/3] PM suspend/hibernate: Call notifier after freezing processes

[Pali Rohár]

On Thursday 09 April 2015 19:13:55 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thursday, April 09, 2015 08:36:57 AM Pali Rohár wrote:
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> > On Thursday 09 April 2015 02:28:41 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Sunday, April 05, 2015 07:20:17 PM Pali Roh=C3=A1r
> > > wrote:
> > > > To prevent race conditions on userspace processes with
> > > > I/O some taks must be called after processes are
> > > > freezed. This patch adds new events which are delivered
> > > > by
> > > > pm_notifier_call_chain() after freezing processes when
> > > > doing suspend or hibernate action.
> > > >
> > > >=20
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Pali Roh=C3=A1r <pali.rohar at gmail.com>
> > >
> > >=20
> > >
> > > Please don't add more notifiers.  Just call whatever you
> > > need directly from where you need to call that.
> > >
> > >=20
> > >
> > > If that is device-related, try to use device PM
> > > suspend/hibernate callbacks instead.
> > >
> > >=20
> > 
> > Hi! It is not possible to use any exiting pm notifiers! This
> > is=20 reason why I added new ones. As I wrote wiping dm
> > crypt keys must=20 be done *after* userspace processes are
> > freezed to prevent race=20 conditions...
> 
> I'm not talking about using the existing notifiers.  I'm
> talking about calling the function you need to call directly
> from a suitable place in the system suspend code.

I need to wipe crypto keys from dm-crypt module. That module can 
be compiled as external .ko file and so kernel cannot call 
directly needed function. This is reason why I'm adding new 
notifier event.

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar at gmail.com
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