[BUG?] how should we handle KEY_SLEEP with Hibernation?

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 10:38:26AM +0800, Wu Zhangjin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> A user reported such a problem on YeeLoong laptop:
> 
> He tried to make his system go into hibernation, so he pressed "Fn +
> F1"(KEY_SLEEP), but the system is VERY busy, he got NO(very slow)
> response, so, he tried "Fn + F1" again and again, at last, the system
> hibernated, and then, he tried to resume it from hibernation, the system
> booted normally but after entering into the system, it responded the
> not-handled KEY_SLEEPs, and went into hibernation again and again until
> there was no KEY_SLEEP left.
> 
> I guess this is not a YeeLoong-specific problem, perhaps we can try to
> make HAL(hald-addon-input) only handle ONE KEY_SLEEP event in a fixed
> time range to avoid this problem, or handle it in kernel-space?
> 

Userspace solution please. The kernel is responsible for handlig issues
like mechanical jitter but the decision of ignoring certain key presses
for a period of time is a policy matter and thus belongs to userspace.

-- 
Dmitry