Re: [RFC PATCH] PM / Runtime: runtime: Add sysfs option for forcing runtime suspend

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Sep 21 2015 - 08:29:28 EST


> > >> In fact, then, what you need seems to be the feature discussed by Alan
> > >> and me some time ago allowing remote wakeup do be disabled for runtime
> > >> PM from user space as that in combination with autosuspend should
> > >> address your use case.
> > >
> > > I'd doubt that. Suppose you put the phone into your pocket while
> > > the device isn't suspended. The continuous stream of spurious events
> > > will keep it awake.
>
> Why would they be regarded as spurious then? They are just regular touch panel
> events in that case, aren't they?

>From userspace... they are spurious. Userspace does not known that
your device is commonly placed into the pocket, and the events it sees
are not from user.

I have mainline X/mate running on n900 cellphone. And this means
battery life is in "2 hours" range.
Pavel
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