diff -ruN ../test/linux-vanilla/block/as-iosched.c linux-2.6.18/block/as-iosched.c
--- ../test/linux-vanilla/block/as-iosched.c	2007-01-10 13:51:33.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.18/block/as-iosched.c	2007-01-18 13:37:01.000000000 +0530
@@ -1088,6 +1088,19 @@
 	if (list_empty(&ad->fifo_list[adir]))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Check here for the System resume flag to be cleared, if flag is 
+	*  still set the resume thread hasnt completed yet, and hence dont
+	*  takeout any new request from the FIFO
+	*/
+	extern int system_resuming;
+	if (system_resuming != 0)
+	{
+#ifdef DEBUG
+		printk("  system resuming still \n");
+#endif
+		return 0;
+	}
 	arq = list_entry_fifo(ad->fifo_list[adir].next);
 
 	return time_after(jiffies, arq->expires);
diff -ruN ../test/linux-vanilla/block/cfq-iosched.c linux-2.6.18/block/cfq-iosched.c
--- ../test/linux-vanilla/block/cfq-iosched.c	2007-01-11 07:59:33.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.18/block/cfq-iosched.c	2007-01-18 13:35:02.000000000 +0530
@@ -1156,6 +1156,19 @@
 	if (!cfqd->busy_queues)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Check here for the System resume flag to be cleared, if flag is s
+	*  still set the resume thread hasnt completed yet, and hence dont
+	*  move any request from the read/write to dispatch queue
+	*/
+	extern int system_resuming;
+	if (system_resuming != 0)
+	{
+#ifdef DEBUG
+		printk("System resuming still \n");
+#endif
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (unlikely(force))
 		return cfq_forced_dispatch(cfqd);
 
diff -ruN ../test/linux-vanilla/kernel/power/main.c linux-2.6.18/kernel/power/main.c
--- ../test/linux-vanilla/kernel/power/main.c	2007-01-11 08:00:11.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.18/kernel/power/main.c	2007-01-18 13:31:56.000000000 +0530
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "power.h"
 
+int system_resuming;
 /*This is just an arbitrary number */
 #define FREE_PAGE_NUMBER (100)
 
@@ -131,9 +132,29 @@
  *	console that we've allocated. This is not called for suspend-to-disk.
  */
 
-static void suspend_finish(suspend_state_t state)
+static int dev_resume_proc(void * data)
 {
+	/* Set the global resume flag, this will be checked by the IO_schedular
+	* before dispatching the IO request
+	*/
+	system_resuming =1;
 	device_resume();
+	system_resuming = 0;
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	printk(" reseting system_resume \n");
+#endif
+	return (0);
+}
+static void suspend_finish(suspend_state_t state)
+{
+	int thread;
+	system_resuming = 0;
+	thread = kernel_thread(dev_resume_proc,NULL,CLONE_KERNEL);
+	if (thread < 0)
+	{
+		printk ("Suspend resume Cannot create Kernel_thread\n");
+		device_resume();
+	}
 	resume_console();
 	thaw_processes();
 	enable_nonboot_cpus();