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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Magnus Damm <damm@igel.co.jp>,
	linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] PM: Add suspend block api.
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:24:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BDA5B8B.50004@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201004292316.14524.rjw@sisk.pl>

Hello,

On 04/29/2010 11:16 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> Also, we already have one PM workqueue.  It is used for runtime PM, but I guess
>>> it may be used just as well for the opportunistic suspend.  It is freezable,
>>> but would it hurt?
>>
>> No, it works, the freezable flag is just ignored when I call
>> pm_suspend and I don't run anything else on the workqueue while
>> threads are frozen. It does need to be a single threaded workqueue
>> though, so make sure you don't just change that.
> 
> Freezable workqueues have to be singlethread or else there will be unfixable
> races, so you can safely assume things will stay as they are in this respect.

Rafael, can you elaborate a bit more on this?  Just in case I missed
something while doing cmwq as it currently doesn't have such limit.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2010-04-30  4:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 183+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1272429119-12103-1-git-send-email-arve@android.com>
2010-04-28  4:31 ` [PATCH 1/8] PM: Add suspend block api Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found] ` <1272429119-12103-2-git-send-email-arve@android.com>
2010-04-28  4:31   ` [PATCH 2/8] PM: suspend_block: Add driver to access suspend blockers from user-space Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31     ` [PATCH 3/8] PM: suspend_block: Abort task freezing if a suspend_blocker is active Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31       ` [PATCH 4/8] PM: suspend_block: Add debugfs file Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31         ` [PATCH 5/8] PM: suspend_block: Add suspend_blocker stats Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31           ` [PATCH 6/8] PM: Add suspend blocking work Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31             ` [PATCH 7/8] Input: Block suspend while event queue is not empty Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31               ` [PATCH 8/8] power_supply: Block suspend while power supply change notifications are pending Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  6:06             ` [PATCH 6/8] PM: Add suspend blocking work Pavel Machek
2010-04-28  6:44             ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-28  7:02               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found]               ` <i2vd6200be21004280002tde778c02h1586b4c06de2a89a@mail.gmail.com>
2010-04-28  7:18                 ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-28 19:40             ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]             ` <20100428194028.GA16389@redhat.com>
2010-04-28 20:22               ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-28 21:08                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29 18:58                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-29 19:44                     ` [PATCH 0/2] workqueue fixlets (Was: PM: Add suspend blocking work.) Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-29 19:45                       ` [PATCH 1/2] workqueues: flush_delayed_work: keep the original workqueue for re-queueing Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-30  5:15                         ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-29 19:45                       ` [PATCH 2/2] workqueues: export keventd_wq Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-30  5:16                         ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-30  5:39                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-30  5:52                             ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-30 18:05                               ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-30 18:11                                 ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-29 21:08                     ` [PATCH 6/8] PM: Add suspend blocking work Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 21:09               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 22:09                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found]                 ` <x2id6200be21004281509j84c29664m60068e7bfc86f64f@mail.gmail.com>
2010-04-28 22:19                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found]                   ` <201004290019.26381.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-04-29  3:47                     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found]                     ` <s2rd6200be21004282047qc1b88ac5h1759f22f3c16ce85@mail.gmail.com>
2010-04-29 21:09                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28  5:07       ` [PATCH 3/8] PM: suspend_block: Abort task freezing if a suspend_blocker is active Pavel Machek
2010-04-28 20:58     ` [PATCH 2/8] PM: suspend_block: Add driver to access suspend blockers from user-space Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found]     ` <201004282258.51354.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-04-28 22:31       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found]       ` <k2gd6200be21004281531y270549d7g8383f2c8a55038d4@mail.gmail.com>
2010-04-28 23:05         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found]         ` <201004290105.15707.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-04-28 23:38           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found]           ` <h2jd6200be21004281638y6b751abesfcf6416707e6fee4@mail.gmail.com>
2010-04-29 21:11             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29 23:41               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  6:07   ` [PATCH 1/8] PM: Add suspend block api Pavel Machek
2010-04-28 19:13   ` Alan Stern
2010-04-28 20:50   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found]   ` <201004282250.44200.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-04-29  3:37     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found]     ` <l2yd6200be21004282037rc063266by91db7f732ceaa529@mail.gmail.com>
2010-04-29 21:16       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-30  4:24         ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2010-04-30 17:26           ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]           ` <20100430172618.GA9043@redhat.com>
2010-05-20  8:30             ` Tejun Heo
     [not found]             ` <4BF4F31D.8070900@kernel.org>
2010-05-20 22:27               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found]               ` <201005210027.31910.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-05-21  6:35                 ` Tejun Heo
2010-05-06 15:18   ` Alan Stern
     [not found] <1273810273-3039-1-git-send-email-arve@android.com>
2010-05-14  4:11 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-14  6:13   ` Paul Walmsley
2010-05-14  6:27   ` Paul Walmsley
2010-05-14  7:14     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-18  2:17       ` Paul Walmsley
2010-05-18  3:06         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-18  3:34           ` Paul Walmsley
2010-05-18  3:51             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-19 15:55               ` Paul Walmsley
2010-05-20  0:35                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-18 13:11   ` Pavel Machek
     [not found]   ` <20100518131111.GB1563@ucw.cz>
2010-05-20  9:11     ` Florian Mickler
     [not found]     ` <20100520111111.333beb73@schatten.dmk.lab>
2010-05-20  9:26       ` Florian Mickler
     [not found]       ` <20100520112642.74d93d26@schatten.dmk.lab>
2010-05-20 22:18         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found]         ` <201005210018.43576.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-05-21  6:04           ` Florian Mickler
2010-05-27 15:41           ` Pavel Machek
     [not found] <y2id6200be21005061648m47d03875h6e9de89d0e965344@mail.gmail.com>
2010-05-07 14:22 ` Alan Stern
     [not found] <201005062128.31068.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-05-06 19:40 ` Alan Stern
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1005061535540.1708-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
2010-05-06 23:48   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1005061110090.1708-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
2010-05-06 19:28 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found] <20100505202826.GB7450@linux.intel.com>
2010-05-05 21:12 ` Alan Stern
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1005051705200.1885-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
2010-05-05 21:37   ` Brian Swetland
     [not found]   ` <z2ta55d774e1005051437heb584584q6afca0b4b254d5d0@mail.gmail.com>
2010-05-05 23:47     ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]     ` <20100505234755.GI29604@atomide.com>
2010-05-05 23:56       ` Brian Swetland
     [not found]       ` <l2ra55d774e1005051656wbf4f3d7cr8cc9de0478e509f1@mail.gmail.com>
2010-05-06  0:05         ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]         ` <20100506000552.GJ29604@atomide.com>
2010-05-06  4:16           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found]           ` <g2yd6200be21005052116n5dd8708fk33eaf8944379bfc2@mail.gmail.com>
2010-05-06 17:04             ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]             ` <20100506170420.GB30928@atomide.com>
2010-05-07  0:10               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found]               ` <i2od6200be21005061710mae9a437by90b22f61cbc2ae15@mail.gmail.com>
2010-05-07 15:54                 ` Tony Lindgren
2010-05-28  6:43                 ` Pavel Machek
     [not found]                 ` <20100528064356.GA2455@ucw.cz>
2010-05-28  7:01                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-06 13:40       ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]       ` <20100506134015.GA23426@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-06 17:01         ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]         ` <20100506170151.GA30928@atomide.com>
2010-05-06 17:09           ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]           ` <20100506170956.GA28104@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-06 17:14             ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]             ` <20100506171453.GC30928@atomide.com>
2010-05-06 17:22               ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-06 17:35               ` Daniel Walker
     [not found]               ` <20100506172201.GA28578@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-06 17:38                 ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                 ` <20100506173807.GD30928@atomide.com>
2010-05-06 17:43                   ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                   ` <20100506174331.GA29103@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-06 18:33                     ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                     ` <20100506183335.GE30928@atomide.com>
2010-05-06 18:44                       ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-06 18:47                       ` Alan Stern
     [not found]                       ` <20100506184418.GA30669@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07  2:05                         ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                         ` <20100507020541.GH30928@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 17:12                           ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                           ` <20100507171218.GA23142@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 17:35                             ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                             ` <20100507173549.GF387@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 17:50                               ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                               ` <20100507175025.GA23952@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 18:01                                 ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                                 ` <20100507180152.GH387@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 18:28                                   ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                                   ` <20100507182824.GA25198@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 18:43                                     ` Tony Lindgren
2010-05-07 18:46                                       ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                                       ` <20100507184621.GA25978@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 19:06                                         ` Daniel Walker
     [not found]                                         ` <1273259186.3542.93.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com>
2010-05-07 19:28                                           ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                                           ` <20100507192837.GM387@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 19:33                                             ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                                             ` <20100507193353.GA27175@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 19:55                                               ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                                               ` <20100507195548.GN387@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 20:28                                                 ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                                                 ` <20100507202859.GA27328@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 20:53                                                   ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                                                   ` <20100507205329.GP387@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 21:03                                                     ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                                                     ` <20100507210304.GA28701@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 21:25                                                       ` Tony Lindgren
2010-05-07 21:30                                                       ` Daniel Walker
     [not found]                                                       ` <1273267820.3542.120.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com>
2010-05-07 21:35                                                         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-07 21:38                                                         ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                                                         ` <p2vd6200be21005071435hf75ed42dnff2c2c02118e97@mail.gmail.com>
2010-05-07 21:43                                                           ` Daniel Walker
     [not found]                                                       ` <20100507212556.GQ387@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 21:32                                                         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-07 21:39                                                         ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                                                         ` <20100507213917.GE28906@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 21:42                                                           ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                                                           ` <20100507214211.GR387@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 21:48                                                             ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                                                             ` <20100507214855.GA30190@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 22:00                                                               ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                                                               ` <20100507220026.GS387@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 22:28                                                                 ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                       ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1005061440370.1708-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
2010-05-07  2:20                         ` Tony Lindgren
2010-05-28 13:29                   ` Pavel Machek
     [not found]                   ` <20100528132925.GA2677@ucw.cz>
2010-05-28 13:42                     ` Brian Swetland
     [not found]               ` <1273167311.20494.13.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com>
2010-05-06 18:36                 ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                 ` <20100506183605.GF30928@atomide.com>
2010-05-06 19:11                   ` Daniel Walker
     [not found]                   ` <1273173110.20494.19.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com>
2010-05-07  2:00                     ` Tony Lindgren
     [not found]                     ` <20100507020057.GG30928@atomide.com>
2010-05-07 17:20                       ` Daniel Walker
     [not found]                       ` <1273252837.3542.30.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com>
2010-05-07 17:36                         ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                         ` <20100507173621.GA23604@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 17:40                           ` Daniel Walker
     [not found]                           ` <1273254043.3542.37.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com>
2010-05-07 17:51                             ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                             ` <20100507175159.GB23952@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-07 18:00                               ` Daniel Walker
     [not found]                               ` <1273255255.3542.43.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com>
2010-05-07 18:17                                 ` Tony Lindgren
2010-05-07 17:50                         ` Tony Lindgren
2010-05-07  3:45               ` mgross
2010-05-07  3:45             ` mgross
     [not found]             ` <20100507034510.GA20935@thegnar.org>
2010-05-07  4:10               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found] <20100504160346.GA27938@linux.intel.com>
2010-05-04 17:16 ` Alan Stern
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1005041252480.1729-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
2010-05-05  1:50   ` mark gross
     [not found]   ` <20100505015050.GA30591@linux.intel.com>
2010-05-05 13:31     ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-05 15:44     ` Alan Stern
     [not found]     ` <20100505133131.GA24477@srcf.ucam.org>
2010-05-05 20:09       ` mark gross
     [not found]       ` <20100505200906.GA7450@linux.intel.com>
2010-05-05 20:21         ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]     ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1005051136140.1885-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
2010-05-05 20:28       ` mark gross
     [not found] <201005032338.26439.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-05-03 22:11 ` Alan Stern
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1005031810000.1328-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
2010-05-03 22:24   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found] <1272667021-21312-1-git-send-email-arve@android.com>
2010-04-30 22:36 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
     [not found] ` <1272667021-21312-2-git-send-email-arve@android.com>
2010-05-02  6:56   ` Pavel Machek
2010-05-02  7:01   ` Pavel Machek
     [not found]   ` <20100502065635.GA1790@ucw.cz>
2010-05-02 20:10     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found]     ` <201005022210.54018.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-05-02 20:52       ` Pavel Machek
     [not found]       ` <20100502205238.GC9051@elf.ucw.cz>
2010-05-02 21:29         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found]         ` <201005022329.48309.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-05-03 19:01           ` Pavel Machek
     [not found]           ` <20100503190136.GA4173@ucw.cz>
2010-05-03 21:38             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-05-04  5:12   ` mark gross
     [not found]   ` <20100504051256.GC3043@thegnar.org>
2010-05-04 13:59     ` Alan Stern
     [not found]     ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1005040953510.1729-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
2010-05-04 16:03       ` mark gross
2010-05-04 20:40     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-13 19:01   ` Paul Walmsley
2010-05-14 20:05     ` Paul Walmsley
     [not found] <h2wd6200be21004281635x9740a6abl2664a1eef8be061d@mail.gmail.com>
2010-04-29 15:41 ` Alan Stern
2010-04-29 23:39   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-30 14:41     ` Alan Stern
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1004281317310.1944-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
2010-04-28 21:13 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
     [not found] ` <201004282313.50603.rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-04-28 23:35   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-16  6:00 Sam Shang
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2009-04-15  1:41 [RFC][PATCH 0/8] Suspend " Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-15  1:41 ` [PATCH 1/8] PM: Add suspend " Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-15 15:29   ` Alan Stern
2009-04-15 19:08     ` mark gross
2009-04-16  0:40       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-16  0:34     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-15 22:31   ` mark gross
2009-04-16  1:45     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-16 17:49       ` mark gross
2009-04-20  9:29   ` Pavel Machek
2009-04-21  4:44     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-24 20:59       ` Pavel Machek
2009-04-29 21:24         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-04-29 22:52           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-29 22:34   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-04-29 23:45     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-30  0:49     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-04-26  9:42       ` Pavel Machek
2009-05-02 12:17         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-05-02 12:14       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-05-02 20:51         ` Pavel Machek
2009-05-05  3:48         ` Arve Hjønnevåg

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