[linux-pm] [RFC][PATCH 00/11] Android PM extensions

[Arve Hjønnevåg]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw at sisk.pl> wrote:
> On Saturday 31 January 2009, Arve Hjønnevåg wrote:
>> But this could prevent the phone from ringing. What if the user-space
>> code that is responsible for playing the ringtone has been notified
>> that a call is coming in and starts reading the audio file with the
>> ringtone. At the same, the user, unaware that someone is calling,
>> presses the power button. If we ignore the wakelock in this situation,
>> the phone will not ring.
>
> What if the user decides to power off the phone and a call comes in at the
> same time?

If you are talking about a shutdown, not sleep, then the phone just
turns off. The phone is not expected to ring when it is turned off so
there is no point in delaying shutdown.

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Arve Hjønnevåg