Re: [PATCH 1/8] PM: Add suspend block api.

mgross
2010-05-07T03:45:54Z

On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 10:14:53AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> [100506 10:05]:
> > On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 10:01:51AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >
> > > Or are you suspending constantly, tens of times per minute even if
> > > there's no user activity?
> >
> > In this case you'd be repeatedly trying to suspend until the modem
> > driver stopped blocking it. It's pretty much a waste.
>
> But then the userspace knows you're getting data from the modem, and
> it can kick some inactivity timer that determines when to try to
> suspend next.

Thank you for thinking.

--mgross

>
> Why would you need to constantly try to suspend in that case?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tony