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From: Uli Luckas <u.luckas@road.de>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: Brian Swetland <swetland@google.com>,
	linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	"ncunningham@crca.org.au" <ncunningham@crca.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] PM: Add wake lock api.
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:13:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200902131913.54154.u.luckas@road.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090213170518.GA29902@srcf.ucam.org>

On Friday, 13. February 2009, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 05:46:42PM +0100, Uli Luckas wrote:
> > That's racy. By the time the daemon notices that a process crashed, the
> > kernel might already have triggered suspend. userspace might then be
> > frozen before it can accuire the 'process restarting' lock.
> > I also wonder, if it is immanently racy to use userspcae communication
> > (client/daemon) for suspend locks. What if the daemon is already frozen
> > when a client sends a lock request request?
>
> The daemon holds the lock in the first place.
When did the daemon take the lock? When it anticipated the process would 
crash?

> There's no race. As for issues with the freezer, I think my position on that
> is fairly well known...
Not to me.

Uli

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-02-13 18:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 192+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-05  2:50 [RFC][PATCH 00/11] Android PM extensions Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50 ` [PATCH 01/13] PM: Add wake lock api Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50   ` [PATCH 02/13] PM: Add early suspend api Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50     ` [PATCH 03/13] PM: Implement wakelock api Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50       ` [PATCH 04/13] PM: wakelock: Override wakelocks when using /sys/power/state Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50         ` [PATCH 05/13] PM: Add option to disable /sys/power/state interface Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50           ` [PATCH 06/13] PM: Implement early suspend api Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50             ` [PATCH 07/13] PM: wakelock: Add /sys/power/request_state Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50               ` [PATCH 08/13] PM: Add user-space wake lock api Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50                 ` [PATCH 09/13] PM: wakelock: Abort task freezing if a wake lock is held Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50                   ` [PATCH 10/13] PM: earlysuspend: Add console switch when user requested sleep state changes Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50                     ` [PATCH 11/13] PM: earlysuspend: Removing dependence on console Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50                       ` [PATCH 12/13] Input: Hold wake lock while event queue is not empty Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  2:50                         ` [PATCH 13/13] ledtrig-sleep: Add led trigger for sleep debugging Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  9:08                         ` [PATCH 12/13] Input: Hold wake lock while event queue is not empty Pavel Machek
2009-02-05  9:06                       ` [PATCH 11/13] PM: earlysuspend: Removing dependence on console Pavel Machek
2009-02-05  9:42                         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  9:53                           ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-05  9:03                     ` [PATCH 10/13] PM: earlysuspend: Add console switch when user requested sleep state changes Pavel Machek
2009-02-05  9:37                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  9:51                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-05 10:54                         ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-06  2:29                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-08 22:02                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 22:53                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-08 22:58                             ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-05  8:55                   ` [PATCH 09/13] PM: wakelock: Abort task freezing if a wake lock is held Pavel Machek
2009-02-05  9:30                     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  9:49                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-05  9:58                         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05 10:02                           ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-05 10:08                             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-06  3:42                             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-08 23:00                               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-06  0:35                   ` mark gross
2009-02-05  8:53                 ` [PATCH 08/13] PM: Add user-space wake lock api Pavel Machek
2009-02-05  8:52               ` [PATCH 07/13] PM: wakelock: Add /sys/power/request_state Pavel Machek
2009-02-05  9:25                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  9:27                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-07 22:54               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-06  0:18             ` [PATCH 06/13] PM: Implement early suspend api mark gross
2009-02-07 22:47             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-08  2:32               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-08 13:33                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-05  9:17           ` [PATCH 05/13] PM: Add option to disable /sys/power/state interface Pavel Machek
2009-02-07 22:37           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-08 10:33             ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 13:50               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-08 14:04                 ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-08 21:06                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 23:41                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-09  1:58                       ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-10  0:09                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-08 23:40                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-08 23:58                     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-09  0:26                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-09  1:35                         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-09  1:53                           ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-09  8:58                             ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-09 13:31                               ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-10 11:19                                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-09  9:15                           ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-09  3:07                       ` Alan Stern
2009-02-11 22:26                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-09  9:09                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-12 11:16                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-08 21:04                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 21:40                   ` Alan Stern
2009-02-08 23:00                     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-08 23:03                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-09  0:31                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-09  2:11                           ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-09  2:24                             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-09  2:56                               ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-09  9:01                           ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-10  0:17                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-10  9:13                               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-10 14:18                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-08 23:41                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 23:44                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-08 23:44                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-07 22:31         ` [PATCH 04/13] PM: wakelock: Override wakelocks when using /sys/power/state Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-05  9:16       ` [PATCH 03/13] PM: Implement wakelock api Pavel Machek
2009-02-05 15:24       ` Alan Stern
2009-02-06  0:10       ` mark gross
2009-02-06  0:38         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-07  0:33           ` mark gross
2009-02-07  0:47             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-09 18:00               ` mark gross
2009-02-10 20:24               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-07 22:27       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-11  2:52         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-05  9:14     ` [PATCH 02/13] PM: Add early suspend api Pavel Machek
2009-02-05 23:26     ` mark gross
2009-02-06  9:33       ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-06 23:26         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-07 20:53     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-07 23:34       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-08 20:59         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 23:59         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-05  9:11   ` [PATCH 01/13] PM: Add wake lock api Pavel Machek
2009-02-06  0:28     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-06  9:45       ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-08 21:30       ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 23:11         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-09  9:06           ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 22:17       ` non-racy examples, please (was Re: [PATCH 01/13] PM: Add wake lock api.) Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 22:40         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-08 23:14           ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-08 23:35             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-10 11:15               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-11  3:12                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-09  1:49         ` non-racy examples, please (was Re: [PATCH 01/13] PM: Add wake lock api. ) Uli Luckas
2009-02-10 11:17           ` non-racy examples, please (was Re: [PATCH 01/13] PM: Add wake lock?api.) Pavel Machek
2009-02-10 12:10             ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-10 13:14               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-10 13:20                 ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-10 13:42                   ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-10 12:35             ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-06  1:32     ` [PATCH 01/13] PM: Add wake lock api mark gross
2009-02-05 22:51   ` mark gross
2009-02-06  0:13     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-10 20:25       ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-11  2:11         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-11  4:47         ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-11  8:40           ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-11 14:58           ` Alan Stern
2009-02-11 15:45             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-08 22:57               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-11 21:37             ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-11 22:05               ` Alan Stern
2009-02-11 23:55               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-12 18:47           ` mark gross
2009-02-07 18:56   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-07 22:51     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-07 23:25       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-08  0:20         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-08 21:21           ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-09  0:03             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-09  0:15           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-09  2:03             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-11 22:23               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-11 23:42                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-12 22:22                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-12 23:42                     ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-13  1:10                       ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-13  2:21                         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-13  2:40                           ` Nigel Cunningham
2009-02-13  3:17                         ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-13 10:55                         ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-13 14:06                           ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-13 14:24                             ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-13 14:37                               ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-13 14:46                                 ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-13 15:07                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-13 22:52                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-13 16:46                                 ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-13 17:05                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-13 18:13                                     ` Uli Luckas [this message]
2009-02-13 19:14                                       ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-13 19:35                                         ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-13 16:49                             ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-13 17:09                               ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-13 18:18                                 ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-27 13:18                               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 14:07                                 ` Uli Luckas
2009-02-27 20:32                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-02 13:53                                     ` Uli Luckas
2009-03-03 14:02                                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-04 13:41                                         ` Uli Luckas
2009-03-04 14:00                                         ` Uli Luckas
2009-03-04 14:13                                           ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-04 14:34                                             ` Uli Luckas
2009-03-04 17:10                                               ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-05 17:42                                                 ` Uli Luckas
2009-03-08  8:32                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-08 12:34                                                     ` Alan Stern
2009-02-13 23:36                             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-14  0:05                               ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-14  0:50                                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-14  1:06                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-14  1:33                                     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-14  1:49                                       ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-14  5:51                                         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-14 20:44                                           ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-26 15:04                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-26 21:11                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-26 21:36                             ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27  0:16                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-27  9:56                                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-28  3:20                                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-06 23:51 ` [RFC][PATCH 00/11] Android PM extensions Rafael J. Wysocki

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