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

Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05T09:58:40Z

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'll extend the change description.

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Arve Hjønnevåg