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On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 12:02 +0200, Florian Mickler wrote:
> The summary is: The device this kernel is running on dosn't want to
> (or can) rely on userspace to save power. This is because it is an open
> system, without an app-store or the like. Everyone can run what he
> wants.
> 
> So anything relying on (all) userspace solves a different problem.

So what stops an application from grabbing a suspend blocker?