Re: [PATCH 09/13] PM: wakelock: Abort task freezing if a wake lock is held.

Pavel Machek
2009-02-05T10:02:18Z

On Thu 2009-02-05 01:58:40, Arve Hj?nnev?g wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> > On Thu 2009-02-05 01:30:35, Arve Hj?nnev?g wrote:
> >> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> >> > Hi!
> >> >
> >> >> Avoids a problem where the device sometimes hangs for 20 seconds
> >> >> before the screen is turned on.
> >> >
> >> > Fix the problem rather than working around it.
> >>
> >> We used to have problems where if a process was connected to a
> >> debugger, and the debugger was frozen first, the this code would be
> >> stuck until it times out. I have not seen this problem recently, but
> >> aborting as soon as you know that you should wake up is still good.
> >
> > Can you explain why you need the change in the changelog then? It is
> > not at all clear to me.
>
> We should also check if we should abort after suspending any driver.
> This was just the only place where the delay was noticeable since it
> tries for 20 seconds.

I still don't get it. Refrigerator freezes userspace processes, not
devices.

Are you trying to improve hadling of suspend abort during freeze?

> I'll extend the change description.

...so I guess I'll wait for extended description.
Pavel
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