Re: [BUG] Code reordering in swsusp breaks suspend on SMP systems

[David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 10:38:33PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> I think this is the XFS problem with freezable workqueues.
> 
> Maxim, please try to apply the appended patch and see if it helps.
> 
> Greetings,
> Rafael
> 
> 
> ---
> Since freezable workqueues are broken in 2.6.21-rc
> (cf. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=116855740612755,
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=117261312523921&w=2)
> it's better to remove them altogether for 2.6.21 and change the only user of
> them (XFS) accordingly.
> 
> ---
>  fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.21-rc4.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
> +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
> @@ -1829,11 +1829,11 @@ xfs_buf_init(void)
>  	if (!xfs_buf_zone)
>  		goto out_free_trace_buf;
>  
> -	xfslogd_workqueue = create_freezeable_workqueue("xfslogd");
> +	xfslogd_workqueue = create_workqueue("xfslogd");
>  	if (!xfslogd_workqueue)
>  		goto out_free_buf_zone;
>  
> -	xfsdatad_workqueue = create_freezeable_workqueue("xfsdatad");
> +	xfsdatad_workqueue = create_workqueue("xfsdatad");
>  	if (!xfsdatad_workqueue)
>  		goto out_destroy_xfslogd_workqueue;
>  

Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>

Rafael, it sounds like this really needs to go into the next -rc
kernel. Can you push it to Linus?

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group