Pavel Machek wrote: >> > Add try_to_freeze() calls to the remaining kernel threads that do not call >> > try_to_freeze() already, although they set PF_NOFREEZE. >> > >> > In the future we are going to replace PF_NOFREEZE with a set of flags that >> > will be set to indicate in which situations the task should not be frozen >> > (for >> > example, there can be a task that should be frozen for the CPU hotplugging >> > and >> > should not be frozen for the system suspend). [...] >> Why add no-op-try_to_freeze() everywhere now, instead of adding it later >> when it will actually be needed? (I.e. "in the future".) > > It is needed later in the patch series... for kprobes, etc.
So does freezer_exempt() still do what its name says, or does it freezer_exempt_but_not_always() now? -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== -=-= -=--= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/