From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Franck Bui-Huu Subject: Question about process freezing Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:11:16 +0100 Message-ID: <4742A4B4.6010308@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-pm-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: linux-pm-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Hi, I have a simple/dumb question about process freezing. Instead of freezing every single user land processes by sending them a fake signal and waiting for them to go to the refrigerator, why not freezing the scheduler ? Thanks, Franck