Re: Merging the Suspend2 freezer implementation.

2005-02-08 Thread Nigel Cunningham
Hi. On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 09:32, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > The main change involves the introduction of a new SYNCTHREAD flag. We > > > > use this to avoid deadlocking over processes that are running sys_sync > > > > and siblings. Processes that enter those routines get the flag added,

Re: Merging the Suspend2 freezer implementation.

2005-02-08 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > > The main change involves the introduction of a new SYNCTHREAD flag. We > > > use this to avoid deadlocking over processes that are running sys_sync > > > and siblings. Processes that enter those routines get the flag added, > > > and it's removed when they exit the sync routine. We then

Re: Merging the Suspend2 freezer implementation.

2005-02-08 Thread Nigel Cunningham
Hi. On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 03:36, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > I'm keen to see if we can merge Suspend2's freezer implementation after > > 2.6.11. Does that conflict with any of your intended changes? If it > > doesn't, I'll submit a patch for review/merge as quickly as I can. > > Freezer is v

Re: Merging the Suspend2 freezer implementation.

2005-02-08 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > I'm keen to see if we can merge Suspend2's freezer implementation after > 2.6.11. Does that conflict with any of your intended changes? If it > doesn't, I'll submit a patch for review/merge as quickly as I can. Freezer is very independend, and no, I do not plan any changes in that area. >

Merging the Suspend2 freezer implementation.

2005-02-07 Thread Nigel Cunningham
Hi Pavel. I'm keen to see if we can merge Suspend2's freezer implementation after 2.6.11. Does that conflict with any of your intended changes? If it doesn't, I'll submit a patch for review/merge as quickly as I can. The main change involves the introduction of a new SYNCTHREAD flag. We use this