Re: pcmcia resume 60 second hang. Re: [patch 00/69] -stable review

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue May 29 2007 - 09:05:41 EST


Hi!

> > I guess we should warn the driver authors, then; and decide what driver
> > authors should do.
>
> Drivers really shouldn't do anythign at all.

*)

> > If I'm video4linux driver for grabbing screen, have been suspended, and
> > someone asks me to read a frame, should I
> >
> > a) return -ESORRYIMSUSPENDED
> >
> > b) just block the caller
>
> The "subsystem" thing should have stopped the queues, and the device
> should never even _see_ this.

Okay, _if_ there's a subsystem, subsystem should have stopped the
queues. End result should be that userspace is blocked when trying to
access suspended device/suspended subsystem.

I guess we are in violent agreement.
Pavel

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