Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 13 May 2010 20:25:22 +0100 | | From | Matthew Garrett <> | | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 6) |
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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:17:17PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote: > The suspend blocks seems like a hack to spam filter good and bad > apps from timer usage point of view. Applications are categorized > as good or bad depending if they grab a susped blocker or not. > > I believe categorizing the apps should be instead done with some > timer flags or cgroups instead.
I agree, but we have no mechanism for implementing that in a race-free way. We don't even have a realistical proposal for what that mechanism would look like. Should we refuse bread today for the promise of cake tomorrow?
-- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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