From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
containers@lists.osdl.org, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macintosh/mediabay: Convert to kthread API.
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:51:58 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1177059118.6080.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070419163001.a1928749.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Looks OK - there's no way of stopping the kernel thread anyway.
>
> It appears that nobody has tried to use this driver at the same time as
> software-suspend. At least, not successfully. A strategic try_to_freeze()
> should fix it.
>
> This will become (a little) more serious when cpu hotplug is switched to
> use the process freezer, and perhaps it breaks kprobes already.
I'll dig a box with that hardware and do some tests, but it looks nice.
Thanks Eric !
There should be no problem with cpu hotplug, the only machines using the
media bay driver are old Apple laptops with only one CPU and no HW
threads.
Ben.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-04-20 8:53 UTC|newest]
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2007-04-19 6:52 Remaining straight forward kthread API conversions Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] i386 balance_irq: Convert to the kthread api Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] i386 voyager: Convert the monitor thread to use the kthread API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 19:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] mtd_blkdevs: Convert " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 16:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 19:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 22:26 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-22 12:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-22 13:23 ` David Woodhouse
2007-04-22 19:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-22 19:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] cpci_hotplug: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 12:05 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-23 16:19 ` Scott Murray
2007-04-27 22:07 ` Scott Murray
2007-05-04 11:12 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-05-07 18:18 ` Scott Murray
2007-05-09 23:24 ` Andrew Morton
2007-05-10 0:00 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2007-05-10 18:29 ` Scott Murray
2007-05-10 19:30 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] ibmphp: Convert to use the kthreads API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 12:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] cpqphp: Convert to use the kthread API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 12:12 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] pnpbios: Conert " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] sas_scsi_host: Convert " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] sparc64/power.c: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] s390/net/lcs: Convert to " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] s390 qeth: Convert to use " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] s390/scsi/zfcp_erp: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] arm ecard: Conver " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] ia64 sn xpc: Convert to use " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] powerpc pseries rtasd: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] macintosh/therm_pm72.c: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] macintosh/therm_windtunnel.c: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] macintosh/adb: Convert to the " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] macintosh/mediabay: Convert to " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] bluetooth bnep: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] bluetooth cmtp: Convert to use " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] bluetooth hidp: Convert to " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] bluetooth rfcomm: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] fs/afs: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] net/rxrpc: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] ipv4/ipvs: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] saa7134-tvaudio: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-20 12:48 ` Cedric Le Goater
2007-04-20 13:05 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] nfs lockd reclaimer: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] nfsv4 delegation: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] nfsd/nfs4state: Remove unnecessary daemonize call Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] nfs4state reclaimer: Remove unnecessary allow_signal Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] smbfs: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:55 ` [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:56 ` [PATCH] md: Remove broken SIGKILL support Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:56 ` [PATCH] synchro_test: Convert to the kthread API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 6:56 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] i386 balance_irq: Convert to the kthread api Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] i386 voyager: Convert the monitor thread to use the kthread API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] mtd_blkdevs: Convert " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] cpci_hotplug: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] ibmphp: Convert to use the kthreads API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] cpqphp: Convert to use the kthread API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-20 1:54 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] pnpbios: Conert " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] sas_scsi_host: Convert " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-20 0:37 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-22 19:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-22 21:37 ` James Bottomley
2007-04-22 21:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] sparc64/power.c: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-20 0:30 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] s390/net/lcs: Convert to " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 8:19 ` Frank Pavlic
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] s390 qeth: Convert to use " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] s390/scsi/zfcp_erp: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 20:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-30 10:41 ` Swen Schillig
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] arm ecard: Conver " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 20:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] ia64 sn xpc: Convert to use " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 23:51 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-20 6:23 ` Jes Sorensen
2007-04-20 14:21 ` Robin Holt
2007-04-21 19:53 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 20:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-23 17:11 ` Jes Sorensen
2007-04-23 17:11 ` Jes Sorensen
2007-04-23 17:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-23 17:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-23 19:03 ` Russ Anderson
2007-04-23 19:03 ` Russ Anderson
2007-04-27 17:41 ` Dean Nelson
2007-04-27 18:34 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-27 20:12 ` Dean Nelson
2007-04-27 20:33 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-30 15:22 ` Dean Nelson
2007-05-02 15:16 ` Dean Nelson
2007-05-02 15:44 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-05-17 13:44 ` Dean Nelson
2007-04-26 20:00 ` Dean Nelson
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 23:47 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-22 12:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-22 12:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-23 20:50 ` Linas Vepstas
2007-04-24 1:38 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-04-24 1:38 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-04-24 2:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-24 2:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-24 2:42 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-04-24 2:42 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-04-24 3:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-24 3:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-24 4:34 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-04-24 4:34 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-04-24 4:34 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-04-24 4:51 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-24 4:51 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-24 5:00 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-04-24 5:00 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-04-24 5:43 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-24 5:43 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-24 5:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-04-24 5:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-04-24 6:17 ` SOME STUFF ABOUT REISER4 lkml777
2007-04-24 6:17 ` lkml777
2007-04-24 17:26 ` Eric M. Hopper
2007-04-24 7:46 ` [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API Cornelia Huck
2007-04-24 7:46 ` Cornelia Huck
2007-04-24 17:24 ` Linas Vepstas
2007-04-24 17:24 ` Linas Vepstas
2007-04-24 5:55 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-04-24 5:55 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-04-24 8:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-24 8:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-24 17:35 ` Linas Vepstas
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] powerpc pseries rtasd: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 12:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] macintosh/therm_pm72.c: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 19:16 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-22 22:46 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] macintosh/therm_windtunnel.c: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 23:37 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-20 8:53 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] macintosh/adb: Convert to the " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] macintosh/mediabay: Convert to " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 23:30 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-20 8:51 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] bluetooth bnep: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 23:24 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-20 10:20 ` [Devel] " Cedric Le Goater
2007-04-20 12:37 ` Cedric Le Goater
2007-04-21 16:11 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-04-22 19:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-23 3:12 ` [PATCH] kthread: Spontaneous exit support Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-23 11:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-23 16:58 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-04-23 17:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-23 18:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-23 18:20 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-04-24 13:08 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-04-24 13:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] bluetooth cmtp: Convert to use kthread API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] bluetooth hidp: Convert to " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 23:20 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] bluetooth rfcomm: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 23:12 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-20 15:20 ` [Devel] " Cedric Le Goater
2007-04-22 20:14 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] fs/afs: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 9:32 ` David Howells
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] net/rxrpc: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 9:32 ` David Howells
2007-04-19 13:05 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 14:18 ` Getting the new RxRPC patches upstream David Howells
2007-04-19 15:50 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 16:18 ` David Howells
2007-04-19 19:14 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 20:14 ` David Miller
2007-04-20 1:15 ` Herbert Xu
2007-04-20 8:02 ` David Howells
2007-04-20 8:58 ` David Miller
2007-04-20 10:41 ` David Howells
2007-04-20 18:38 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-20 21:28 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-04-23 8:32 ` David Howells
2007-04-23 17:11 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-04-24 13:37 ` David Howells
2007-04-24 14:22 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-04-24 15:51 ` David Howells
2007-04-24 16:40 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-04-24 16:58 ` David Howells
2007-04-24 17:33 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-04-24 18:22 ` David Howells
2007-04-24 19:34 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-04-25 8:10 ` David Howells
2007-04-25 10:41 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-04-25 10:45 ` David Howells
2007-04-25 13:48 ` David Howells
2007-04-19 23:05 ` [PATCH] net/rxrpc: Convert to kthread API Andrew Morton
2007-04-20 7:47 ` David Howells
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] ipv4/ipvs: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 9:04 ` Simon Horman
2007-04-19 22:59 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-22 19:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] saa7134-tvaudio: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 22:52 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-19 7:58 ` [PATCH] nfs lockd reclaimer: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 16:21 ` Trond Myklebust
2007-04-19 19:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 21:19 ` Trond Myklebust
2007-04-19 21:25 ` Dave Hansen
2007-04-21 19:04 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 21:40 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-19 22:04 ` Trond Myklebust
2007-04-21 19:47 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:59 ` [PATCH] nfsv4 delegation: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 16:22 ` Trond Myklebust
2007-04-19 7:59 ` [PATCH] nfsd/nfs4state: Remove unnecessary daemonize call Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:59 ` [PATCH] nfs4state reclaimer: Remove unnecessary allow_signal Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 16:26 ` Trond Myklebust
2007-04-19 7:59 ` [PATCH] smbfs: " Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 22:47 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-19 7:59 ` [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 22:34 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-20 6:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-04-20 6:48 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-20 9:37 ` Cedric Le Goater
2007-04-19 7:59 ` [PATCH] md: Remove broken SIGKILL support Eric W. Biederman
2007-05-01 0:47 ` Neil Brown
2007-05-01 6:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:59 ` [PATCH] synchro_test: Convert to the kthread API Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-19 7:59 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-22 12:15 ` Remaining straight forward kthread API conversions Christoph Hellwig
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