On Thursday, 1 March 2007 20:38, Anton Blanchard wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > Remove PF_NOFREEZE from the rcutorture thread, adding a
> > try_to_freeze() call as required.
>
> ...
>
> > @@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ rcu_torture_writer(void *arg)
> > }
> > rcu_torture_current_version++;
> > oldbatch = cur_ops->completed();
> > + try_to_freeze();
> > } while (!kthread_should_stop() && !fullstop);
> > VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_writer task stopping");
> > while (!kthread_should_stop())
>
> I wonder if it makes sense to embed try_to_freeze() into the kthread
> API somewhere. Short of that we should document the try_to_freeze()
> requirement in the kthread documentation... Unfortunately I cant find
> any kthread docs in Documentation/ :)
Well, the patch is from Paul, so I think he'll be able to comment. :-)
Greetings,
Rafael
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