On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:22:22PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:04:46 +0530 Gautham R Shenoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This patch > > * Provides an interface to selectively freeze the system for different > > events. > > * Allows tasks to exempt themselves or other tasks from specific freeze > > events. > > * Allow nesting of freezer calls. For eg: > > > > freeze_processes(EVENT_A); > > /* Do something with respect to event A */ > > . > > . > > . > > freeze_processes(EVENT_B); > > /* Do something with respect to event B */ > > . > > . > > . > > thaw_processes(EVENT_B); > > . > > . > > . > > thaw_processes(EVENT_B); > > > > This type of behaviour would be required when cpu hotplug would start > > using the process freezer, where EVENT_A would be SUSPEND and EVENT_B > > would be HOTPLUG_CPU. > > > > This patch applies on the top of 2.6.21-rc7-mm2 + Rafael's freezer > > changes from http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/302. > > I think I'll duck this. We have more than enough kthread/freezer/etc work > queued for 2.6.22.
Sure, not a problem :-) I just wanted to get a sense, if this was a right way to do it. Besides, I am plannning to send it again once I port the cpuhotplug patches on top of all these changes and get some satisfactory numbers. > Let's please for now concentrate on reviewing and > testing the existing changes. Once that has all landed and settled in, > let's start thinking about the next round. > Ok. Thanks and Regards gautham. -- Gautham R Shenoy Linux Technology Center IBM India. "Freedom comes with a price tag of responsibility, which is still a bargain, because Freedom is priceless!" - 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/
