Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 13:21 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> [Total kernel changes
> 
>         Ability to mark/unmark a scheduler control group as outside of
>         some parts of idle consideration. Generically useful and
>         localised. Group latency will do most jobs fine (Zygo is correct
>         it can't solve his backup case elegantly I think)
> 
>         Test in the idling logic to distinguish the case and only needed
>         for a single Android specific power module. Generically useful
>         and localised] 

I really don't like this..

Why can't we go with the previously suggested: make bad apps block on
QoS resources or send SIGXCPU, SIGSTOP, SIGTERM and eventually SIGKILL?



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