Re: [suspend/resume] Re: userspace notification from module

[BartÅomiej ZimoÅ]

Dnia 4 stycznia 2010 0:45 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
> On Monday 04 January 2010, BartÅomiej ZimoÅ wrote:
> > Thx Rafael - now it clear to me.
> > And what do You think about sending extra signals to processes?
> 
> I don't see a problem with this in principle, although I don't think signals
> are very suitable for this particular purpose, because you need two-way
> communication between the power manager and the processes it's going to
> notify (because it has to wait for the processes to finish their preparations
> and to tell it that they are ready).
> 
> For this purpose it's better to have a file descriptor you can block on (like a
> socket or a pipe) while the other side is doing it's job.
> 

So let's create one in power/user.c or use /sys/power/state for this :)

Best regards.
BartÅomiej ZimoÅ
PLD Linux, Kadu Team, FreeRunner user
http://kadu-im.blogspot.com/

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