linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 6)

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Date:	Thu, 13 May 2010 20:53:49 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul@...an.com>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Linux-pm mailing list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>,
	magnus.damm@...il.com, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	mark gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Geoff Smith <geoffx.smith@...el.com>,
	Brian Swetland <swetland@...gle.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Benoît Cousson <b-cousson@...com>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 6)

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:42:05PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:

> 1. In the kernel, we add one more timer queue for critical timers.
>    The current timer queue(s) stay as it is.
> 
> 2. We allow selecting the timer based on some flag, the default
>    behaviour being the current default timer queue.
> 
> 3. Then we add next_timer_interupt_critical() to only query the
>    critical timers along the lines of the current next_timer_interrupt().
> 
> 4. We implement a custom pm_idle that suspends the system based on
>    some logic and checking if next_timer_interrupt_critical() is
>    empty. If the next_timer_interrupt_critical() does not return
>    anything, we assume it's OK to suspend the system.

Ok. So we stick the untrusted bits of userspace on the critical timer 
list. Now we get a network packet that generates a wakeup event and gets 
read by an application. What happens if that application can't fully 
process the packet in a single timeslice?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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