linux-kernel - Re: question on resume()

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:40:14 +0100 (MET)
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.name>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nigel@...el.suspend2.net,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: question on resume()

Am Mittwoch, 31. Januar 2007 09:33 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:
> On Tuesday, 30 January 2007 23:32, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> > Generally, you are safe if your driver only calls wake_up() from a process
> > context, but not from .resume() or .suspend() routines (or from an
> > unfreezeable kernel thread).
> 
> Ah, sorry, I've just realized I was wrong.  Processes in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
> cannot be frozen!  So, the above only applies to wake_up_interruptible().

So the kernel will wait for tasks in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE to finish IO
before it calls suspend()? I am confused.

	Regards
		Oliver
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