linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] PM: Avoid losing wakeup events during suspend

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Message-ID: <20100622081803.4d472542@schatten.dmk.lab>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:18:03 +0200
From:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	640e9920@...il.com, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] PM: Avoid losing wakeup events during suspend

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:58:37 -0700
mark gross <640e9920@...il.com> wrote:


> wrong.  They are about 1) adding opportunistic suspend, and 2) adding
> critical sections to block suspend.  
> 
> No race issues where ever talked about until alternative solutions
> where put up.

The whole and only reason to even define the term "critical sections" is
when you need to define "a race". Or vice versa. A race is prevented by
defining critical sections and protecting these against concurrent
access.

[..snip..]

[some rant that alan is not familiar with android userspace..]

Are you suggesting that only android developers are supposed to talk
about this? 

This is a pretty basic thing. It has only to do with system suspend.
(And using system suspend aggressively)

> 
> --mgross
> 

Cheers,
Flo

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