Re: [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 6)

[Alan Stern]

On Wed, 5 May 2010, Mark Brown wrote:

> Now, the solution here if we're going to use opportunistic suspend like
> this is to provide some method for the audio subsystem to figure out
> that the system doesn't actually want it to suspend when it gets told do
> do so.  Like I say ideally we'd provide some standard interface in the
> PM subsystem for userspace to communicate this to subsystems and drivers
> so that we've got a joined up story when people run into issues in cases
> like this, though obviously if this goes in then we'll have to put in
> something subsystem or driver specific for affected areas.  I know what
> I'd implement generically for audio, but I've held back since the option
> is fairly messy when not used in conjunction with a deliberate choice to
> use opportunistic suspend and I was expecting a standard mechanism to
> slot into to provide control for userspace.
> 
> In other words, the issue is that we run into situations where we need
> an element of suspend control to go along with the opportunistic suspend
> in order to allow some elements to be kept running - since suspend
> blocking is taken suspend suppression seems like a reasonable term.

Android must already include some solution to this problem.  Why not 
use that solution more generally?

Alan Stern

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