Linux hibernation

[Mandeep Sandhu]

>     I am looking at the source code 2.6.29 and find that Linux will
> make a copy of used memory pages when doing hibernation. I am curious,
> in this case, what Linux do if I have used over 50% of memory? Will
> hibernation just fail? I think it is not possible, but I can't

I have seen hibernation fail on my laptop if I have a lot of
applications open (evolution/empathy). Then if I close these apps and
hibernate again...it works. So yes, I think it can fail if it doesn't
have enough RAM available.

HTH,
-mandeep

> understand from the code.
>
>     Could any explain a little bit for me? Thanks.
>
> Jacky
>
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