From: Rafael J. Wysocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Use the observation that try_to_freeze_tasks() need not loop while waiting for
the freezing tasks to enter the refrigerator and make it use a wait queue.

The idea is that after sending freeze requests to the tasks regarded as
freezable try_to_freeze_tasks() can go to sleep and wait until at least one task
enters the refrigerator.  The first task that does it wakes up
try_to_freeze_tasks() and the procedure is repeated.  If the refrigerator is not
entered by any tasks before TIMEOUT expires, the freezing of tasks fails.

This way, try_to_freeze_tasks() doesn't occupy the CPU unnecessarily when some
freezing tasks are waiting for I/O to complete.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 kernel/power/process.c |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.23-rc1/kernel/power/process.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc1.orig/kernel/power/process.c        2007-07-31 
21:58:32.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc1/kernel/power/process.c     2007-07-31 23:00:43.000000000 
+0200
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
  */
 #define TIMEOUT        (20 * HZ)
 
+/*
+ * Time to wait until one or more tasks enter the refrigerator after sending
+ * freeze requests to them.
+ */
+#define WAIT_TIME (HZ / 5)
+
 #define FREEZER_KERNEL_THREADS 0
 #define FREEZER_USER_SPACE 1
 
@@ -43,6 +49,18 @@ static inline void frozen_process(void)
        clear_freeze_flag(current);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wait queue head used by try_to_freeze_tasks() to wait for tasks to enter the
+ * refrigerator.
+ */
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(refrigerator_waitq);
+
+/*
+ * Used to notify try_to_freeze_tasks() that the refrigerator has been entered
+ * by a task.
+ */
+static int refrigerator_called;
+
 /* Refrigerator is place where frozen processes are stored :-). */
 void refrigerator(void)
 {
@@ -58,6 +76,10 @@ void refrigerator(void)
                task_unlock(current);
                return;
        }
+
+       refrigerator_called = 1;
+       wake_up(&refrigerator_waitq);
+
        save = current->state;
        pr_debug("%s entered refrigerator\n", current->comm);
 
@@ -170,6 +192,7 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(int freez
        unsigned int todo;
 
        end_time = jiffies + TIMEOUT;
+       refrigerator_called = 0;
        do {
                todo = 0;
                read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
@@ -189,7 +212,16 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(int freez
                                todo++;
                } while_each_thread(g, p);
                read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-               yield();                        /* Yield is okay here */
+
+               if (todo) {
+                       unsigned long ret;
+
+                       ret = wait_event_timeout(refrigerator_waitq,
+                                       refrigerator_called, WAIT_TIME);
+                       if (ret)
+                               refrigerator_called = 0;
+               }
+
                if (time_after(jiffies, end_time))
                        break;
        } while (todo);

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