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

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Message-ID: <1274868484.5882.5176.camel@twins>
Date:	Wed, 26 May 2010 12:08:04 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
Cc:	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>,
	felipe.balbi@...ia.com,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul@...an.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 12:02 +0200, Florian Mickler wrote:
> The summary is: The device this kernel is running on dosn't want to
> (or can) rely on userspace to save power. This is because it is an open
> system, without an app-store or the like. Everyone can run what he
> wants.
> 
> So anything relying on (all) userspace solves a different problem.

So what stops an application from grabbing a suspend blocker?
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