Re: [PATCH 2/8] PM: suspend_block: Add driver to access suspend blockers from user-space

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2010/4/28 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>:
> On Wednesday 28 April 2010, Arve Hjønnevåg 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.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ...
>> +
>> +#include <linux/fs.h>
>> +#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>> +#include <linux/uaccess.h>
>> +#include <linux/slab.h>
>> +#include <linux/suspend_blocker.h>
>> +#include <linux/suspend_block_dev.h>
>> +
>> +enum {
>> +     DEBUG_FAILURE   = BIT(0),
>> +};
>> +static int debug_mask = DEBUG_FAILURE;
>
> What's the exact purpose of this?

To show errors returned to user space. I can turn it off by default if you want.

>
>> +module_param_named(debug_mask, debug_mask, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP);
>> +
>> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(ioctl_lock);
>> +
>> +struct user_suspend_blocker {
>> +     struct suspend_blocker  blocker;
>> +     char                    name[0];
>> +};
>
> Why is this not in a header?

It's private to this file.

>
> Rafael
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