Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:57:50 +0100 | | From | Pavel Machek <> | | Subject | Re: [RFD] Automatic suspend |
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Hi!
> >> If you ignore wakelocks with timeouts, the current > >> wakelock interface can be implemented with a global atomic_t to > >> prevent suspend, and a per wakelock atomic_t to prevent a single > >> client from changing the global reference count by more than one. > >> > >> There are a couple of reasons that I have not done this. It removes > >> the ability to easily inspect the system when it is not suspending. > > > > Care to elaborate? > > If you have a single atomic_t and it is not 0, you do not know who > incremented it.
Which is okay for already debugged system. For debugging, yes some support can be nice.
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