Re: [linux-pm] [patch] complain when users abuse the pm_qos API

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Sunday 30 May 2010, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> On 30/05/10 06:08, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Saturday 29 May 2010, mark gross wrote:
> >> The following patch is to help clean up API abusers of pm_qos where
> >> they call update_request before registering a request.
> >>
> >> --mgross
> >>
> >> --Signed-off-by: markgross<markgross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Will there be a big issue if I push this during the next merge window?
> 
> What's the point to the patch? That is: why is calling update_request 
> before registering a request such a big problem that it demands a WARN() 
> and dump stack?

It is an API violation if I understand that correctly.

Rafael
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