Hi!
> 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). For this reason every kernel
> thread should be able to freeze itself (ie. call try_to_freeze()), so that it
> can be frozen whenever necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Looks ok to me. ACK.
> @@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ static int mtd_blktrans_thread(void *arg
> schedule();
> remove_wait_queue(&tr->blkcore_priv->thread_wq, &wait);
>
> + try_to_freeze();
> +
> spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
>
> continue;
I'd prefer to move try_to_freeze() just after schedule().
Pavel
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