Re: [linux-pm] [patch] complain when users abuse the pm_qos API

From: mark gross
Date: Sun May 30 2010 - 16:11:34 EST


On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 09:50:01PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sunday 30 May 2010, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > On 30/05/10 06:08, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Saturday 29 May 2010, mark gross wrote:
> > >> The following patch is to help clean up API abusers of pm_qos where
> > >> they call update_request before registering a request.
> > >>
> > >> --mgross
> > >>
> > >> --Signed-off-by: markgross<markgross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Will there be a big issue if I push this during the next merge window?
> >
> > What's the point to the patch? That is: why is calling update_request
> > before registering a request such a big problem that it demands a WARN()
> > and dump stack?
>
> It is an API violation if I understand that correctly.

Yeah, it is, but now that I'm thinking clearly perhaps a better fix
would be to change the prototype of pm_qos_update_request to return
something so callers can check for success.

Lets fix the API rather than use this patch. Please dopt apply it.

--mgross

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