On Sunday, 13 May 2007 22:49, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Sun, 13 May 2007, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > Besides, the problems with interdependencies that we've had recently are > > related specifically to the CPU hotplug. To be precise, they are related > > to the > > CPU hotplug notifiers that try to stop kernel threads which may be frozen. > > The other interdependencies don't lead to freezer-related problems. > > Sure they do. We've always had interdependencies and freezer-related > problems. That's why PF_NOFREEZE exists in the first place.
Okay, we've already discussed that. I was referring to the recent problems and I should have added "at present" to the last sentence. :-) > Claiming this is somehow CPU hotplug-related is disingenious, since the > freezer hasn't even been used for that historically, yet clearly we *do* > have the NOFREEZE stuff. > > Those kernel threads tend to exists for a reason. Agreed. Greetings, Rafael - 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/
