Re: [ANNOUNCE] System Inactivity Monitor v1.0

Hi!

> But I still believe it can be out.
>
> Do you believe it could be a user-space daemon or what?

Yes, what prevents userspace daemon watching /dev/input/event* to
provide this functionality?

Well that was my first attempt. Just an hack, but it works. Nonetheless I found
the kernel-level approach fitting better the problem: it is elegant, simpler
and more efficient than user-level one.

Well, unfortunately it is also wrong thing to do :-(.

For example, the subsystem provides at kernel-level handy
hiberante/suspend/resume callbacks that I use to turn on/off the timer,
avoiding the time-warp problem. Doing that at user-level would be far more
messy...

Imagine for a moment that we solve time-warp somehow. Any other
problems? [I'd really like to get "is user idle" solved, but it really
should not be in kernel unless it _has_ to. And time-warp probably
causes problems not only for your daemon.]
Pavel
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