Geoff Levand <ge...@infradead.org> writes:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> On 12/21/23 13:45, Kevin Hao wrote:
>> The kernel thread function ps3_probe_thread() invokes the try_to_freeze()
>> in its loop. But all the kernel threads are non-freezable by default.
>> So if we want to make a kernel thread to be freezable, we have to invoke
>> set_freezable() explicitly.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <haoke...@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
>> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
>> index e87360a0fb40..878bc160246e 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
>> @@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ static int ps3_probe_thread(void *data)
>> if (res)
>> goto fail_free_irq;
>>
>> + set_freezable();
>> /* Loop here processing the requested notification events. */
>> do {
>> try_to_freeze();
>
> Seems like a reasonable addition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <ge...@infradead.org>
I turned that into an Acked-by, which I think is what you meant :)
cheers
