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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt index e00c6cf09e85..32f187479697 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt | |||
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ SNAPSHOT_SET_IMAGE_SIZE - set the preferred maximum size of the image | |||
54 | this number, but if it turns out to be impossible, the kernel will | 54 | this number, but if it turns out to be impossible, the kernel will |
55 | create the smallest image possible) | 55 | create the smallest image possible) |
56 | 56 | ||
57 | SNAPSHOT_GET_IMAGE_SIZE - return the actual size of the hibernation image | ||
58 | |||
57 | SNAPSHOT_AVAIL_SWAP - return the amount of available swap in bytes (the last | 59 | SNAPSHOT_AVAIL_SWAP - return the amount of available swap in bytes (the last |
58 | argument should be a pointer to an unsigned int variable that will | 60 | argument should be a pointer to an unsigned int variable that will |
59 | contain the result if the call is successful). | 61 | contain the result if the call is successful). |
@@ -136,13 +138,9 @@ required, as they can use, for example, a special (blank) suspend partition or | |||
136 | a file on a partition that is unmounted before SNAPSHOT_ATOMIC_SNAPSHOT and | 138 | a file on a partition that is unmounted before SNAPSHOT_ATOMIC_SNAPSHOT and |
137 | mounted afterwards. | 139 | mounted afterwards. |
138 | 140 | ||
139 | These utilities SHOULD NOT make any assumptions regarding the ordering of | 141 | These utilities MUST NOT make any assumptions regarding the ordering of |
140 | data within the snapshot image, except for the image header that MAY be | 142 | data within the snapshot image. The contents of the image are entirely owned |
141 | assumed to start with an swsusp_info structure, as specified in | 143 | by the kernel and its structure may be changed in future kernel releases. |
142 | kernel/power/power.h. This structure MAY be used by the userland utilities | ||
143 | to obtain some information about the snapshot image, such as the size | ||
144 | of the snapshot image, including the metadata and the header itself, | ||
145 | contained in the .size member of swsusp_info. | ||
146 | 144 | ||
147 | The snapshot image MUST be written to the kernel unaltered (ie. all of the image | 145 | The snapshot image MUST be written to the kernel unaltered (ie. all of the image |
148 | data, metadata and header MUST be written in _exactly_ the same amount, form | 146 | data, metadata and header MUST be written in _exactly_ the same amount, form |