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

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Date:	Wed, 26 May 2010 14:55:31 +0200
From:	Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@...il.com>
To:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul@...p1.linux-foundation.org, felipe.balbi@...ia.com,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org> wrote:

> Really, what are you getting at? Do you deny that there are programs,
> that prevent a device from sleeping? (Just think of the bouncing
> cows app)
>
> And if you have two kernels, one with which your device is dead after 1
> hour and one with which your device is dead after 10 hours. Which would
> you prefer? I mean really... this is ridiculous.

You almost always need to "hack" the mainline software for a
production system. So do it here as well. Make sure the hack is well
isolated and local. You can even submit it to the mainline, better as
a configuration option, _unless_ it is a *framework* that provokes
writing code in an ugly and unsafe way.

~Vitaly
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