From: Gustavo Padovan <padovan@profusion.mobi>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: rjw@sisk.pl, menage@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
arnd@arndb.de, oleg@redhat.com,
Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>,
Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>,
wwang <wei_wang@realsil.com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/16] freezer: don't unnecessarily set PF_NOFREEZE explicitly
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:43:06 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110819164306.GA24573@joana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1313763382-12341-3-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org>
Hi Tejun,
* Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> [2011-08-19 16:16:08 +0200]:
> Some drivers set PF_NOFREEZE in their kthread functions which is
> completely unnecessary and racy - some part of freezer code doesn't
> consider cases where PF_NOFREEZE is set asynchronous to freezer
> operations.
>
> In general, there's no reason to allow setting PF_NOFREEZE explicitly.
> Remove them and change the documentation to note that setting
> PF_NOFREEZE directly isn't allowed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
> Cc: "Gustavo F. Padovan" <padovan@profusion.mobi>
> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: wwang <wei_wang@realsil.com.cn>
> ---
> Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt | 2 +-
> drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_main.c | 2 --
> drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c | 3 ---
> drivers/mfd/twl6030-irq.c | 2 --
> drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx.c | 2 --
> 5 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Gustavo F. Padovan <padovan@profusion.mobi>
Gustavo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-19 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-19 14:16 [PATCHSET] freezer: fix various bugs and simplify implementation Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 01/16] freezer: fix current->state restoration race in refrigerator() Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 15:52 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-19 16:11 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 21:08 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-08-20 8:13 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 02/16] freezer: don't unnecessarily set PF_NOFREEZE explicitly Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 16:43 ` Gustavo Padovan [this message]
2011-08-22 15:05 ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 03/16] freezer: unexport refrigerator() and update try_to_freeze() slightly Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 04/16] freezer: implement and use kthread_freezable_should_stop() Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 20:07 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-08-21 19:14 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-22 9:53 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-23 15:42 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 05/16] freezer: rename thaw_process() to __thaw_task() and simplify the implementation Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 15:37 ` Paul Menage
2011-08-24 2:28 ` Matt Helsley
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 06/16] freezer: make exiting tasks properly unfreezable Tejun Heo
2011-08-23 15:52 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-23 19:44 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-24 14:14 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-25 15:59 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-25 16:56 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-25 21:01 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-08-25 21:54 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-26 21:09 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-08-27 10:35 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-27 10:51 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-08-27 11:02 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-27 12:22 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-08-25 21:52 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-24 22:34 ` Matt Helsley
2011-08-25 15:25 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-25 16:11 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 07/16] freezer: don't distinguish nosig tasks on thaw Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 21:14 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-08-20 8:10 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-20 8:39 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 08/16] freezer: use dedicated lock instead of task_lock() + memory barrier Tejun Heo
2011-08-28 17:51 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-28 18:21 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-29 7:20 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 09/16] freezer: make freezing indicate freeze condition in effect Tejun Heo
2011-08-28 17:56 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-29 7:31 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-29 17:44 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 10/16] freezer: fix set_freezable[_with_signal]() race Tejun Heo
2011-08-28 18:01 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-29 7:38 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 11/16] freezer: kill PF_FREEZING Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 12/16] freezer: clean up freeze_processes() failure path Tejun Heo
2011-08-28 18:09 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-29 7:28 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-29 7:40 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 13/16] cgroup_freezer: prepare for removal of TIF_FREEZE Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 15:40 ` Paul Menage
2011-08-28 17:39 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-29 6:30 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 14/16] freezer: make freezing() test freeze conditions in effect instead " Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 15:43 ` Paul Menage
2011-08-29 15:49 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-29 15:56 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-29 16:30 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-29 16:17 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 15/16] freezer: remove now unused TIF_FREEZE Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:16 ` [PATCH 16/16] freezer: remove should_send_signal() and update frozen() Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 14:23 ` [PATCHSET] freezer: fix various bugs and simplify implementation Tejun Heo
2011-08-19 15:34 ` Paul Menage
2011-08-19 16:25 ` Tejun Heo
2011-08-24 1:10 ` Matt Helsley
2011-08-19 21:00 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-08-20 8:14 ` Tejun Heo
2011-09-05 8:52 ` [BUG] CPU hotplug, freezer: Freezing of tasks failed after 20.00 seconds Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-09-05 14:15 ` Tejun Heo
2011-09-06 5:08 ` Tejun Heo
2011-09-06 6:01 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-02 19:13 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-10-02 19:33 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
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