Re: [PATCH 2/9] PM: suspend_block: Add driver to access suspend blockers from user-space

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On Tue 2009-05-05 21:18:42, Arve Hj??nnev??g wrote:
> Add a misc device, "suspend_blocker", that allows user-space processes
> to block auto suspend. The device has ioctls to create a suspend_blocker,
> and to block and unblock suspend. To delete the suspend_blocker, close
> the device.
> 

> +static int create_user_suspend_blocker(struct file *file, void __user *name,
> +				 size_t name_len)
> +{
> +	struct user_suspend_blocker *bl;
> +	if (file->private_data)
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +	bl = kzalloc(sizeof(*bl) + name_len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
...
> +static long user_suspend_blocker_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> +				unsigned long _arg)
> +{
> +	void __user *arg = (void __user *)_arg;
> +	struct user_suspend_blocker *bl;
> +	long ret;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&ioctl_lock);
> +	if ((cmd & ~IOCSIZE_MASK) == SUSPEND_BLOCKER_IOCTL_INIT(0)) {
> +		ret = create_user_suspend_blocker(file, arg, _IOC_SIZE(cmd));
> +		goto done;
> +	}

Wait a moment, wtf is this? Not one ioctl but one ioctl per length of
string?!

								Pavel

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