Re: [PATCH -mm 2/2] Introduce freezer flags

[Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com>]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 06:19:40PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 05:40:16PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > --- linux-2.6.21-rc7-mm2.orig/kernel/fork.c
> > +++ linux-2.6.21-rc7-mm2/kernel/fork.c
> > @@ -921,11 +921,14 @@ static inline void copy_flags(unsigned l
> >  {
> >  	unsigned long new_flags = p->flags;
> >  
> > -	new_flags &= ~(PF_SUPERPRIV | PF_NOFREEZE);
> > +	new_flags &= ~PF_SUPERPRIV;
> >  	new_flags |= PF_FORKNOEXEC;
> >  	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_PTRACE))
> >  		p->ptrace = 0;
> >  	p->flags = new_flags;
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FREEZER
> > +	p->freezer_flags = 0;
> > +#endif
> >  }
> Could we have a dedicated clear_freeze_flag() so we could drop the ifdef?
> 
> > +		clear_freeze_flag(p);

That means something else. clear_freeze_flag() just clears the 
TFF_FREEZE flag and not necessarily everything.

Besides, this is the only place where we would need to clear all the bits
of p->freezer_flags. Not sure if having a static inline helper function 
is worth it.

> 
> Or maybe we have it already?

We don't yet. But can if badly needed :-)
> 
> 
> 	Sam

Thanks and Regards
gautham.
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Gautham R Shenoy
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