[dm-devel] 2.6.2-udm2

Joe Thornber thornber at redhat.com
Wed Feb 18 11:44:00 UTC 2004


On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 10:34:19AM -0600, Kevin Corry wrote:
> Of course, suspending the device for that long a period is probably not wise 
> to begin with, depending on the activity on that device. Suspends are 
> generally meant to be very short. Pre-load the new device table, suspend the 
> device, switch in the new table, resume the device. 

It's not just about keeping the suspend period short, the preloading
of a table is the bit that requires memory allocations.

- Joe




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