From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:46978 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751899AbXLJQRg (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:17:36 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] freezer : add the TIF_FREEZE flag to all archs Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:36:29 +0100 References: <47594F8C.7070900@fr.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <47594F8C.7070900@fr.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712101736.29676.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Cedric Le Goater Cc: linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Linux Containers On Friday, 7 of December 2007, Cedric Le Goater wrote: > From: Cedric Le Goater Sorry for the delay, I somehow managed to overlook your message. > This patch is the first step in making the refrigerator() available > to all architectures, even for those without power management. > > The purpose of such a change is to be able to use the refrigerator() > in a new control group subsystem which will implement a control group > freezer. Hm, sounds interesting, but ... > If you think this is safe and not utterly stupid, I'll send the rest > of the patchset exporting the refrigerator to all arches. ... you will need to provide some details, I think. I also think that it's safe to define TIF_FREEZE for all architectures, but the usefulness of it will very much depend on the purpose. :-) Greetings, Rafael