linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] nfs/sunrpc: allow freezing of tasks with NFS calls in flight

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Date:	Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:22:53 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, tj@...nel.org, john@...va.com,
	trond.myklebust@...app.com, marek.belisko@...il.com,
	awilliam@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] nfs/sunrpc: allow freezing of tasks with NFS calls in flight

On Monday, November 28, 2011, Jeff Layton wrote:
> This patchset is a second (third?) attempt at fixing the issues with
> suspending a machine that has an active NFS mount.
> 
> The bug reported against Fedora is here:
> 
>     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717735
> 
> The main difference between v2 and this one is that this one has the new
> macros attempt to freeze before going to sleep. It's possible for the
> freezer_do_not_count() call to race with the freezer. The FREEZER_SKIP
> flag can be set after the freezer has already attempted to freeze the
> task. If so, it may just go to sleep without attempting to freeze.
> 
> This set attempts to remedy this by calling try_to_freeze() after
> calling freezer_do_not_count() and before sleeping. This should prevent
> the above race.
> 
> I've also fleshed out the comments a bit to nail down the semantics for
> these new functions. I'm quite open to changing the names of the
> functions as well, if anyone can suggest better alternatives.
> 
> Comments and more tested would be appreciated. My goal is to get this
> in for 3.3, hopefully via Rafael's tree.

If no one objects, I'll take these patches to linux-pm/linux-next in the
next couple of days (and then to the pm-freezer branch, if there are no
visible problems with them).

Thanks,
Rafael


> Jeff Layton (2):
>   sunrpc: make rpc_wait_bit_killable handle freeze events
>   nfs: make TASK_KILLABLE sleeps attempt to freeze
> 
>  fs/nfs/inode.c          |    3 ++-
>  fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c       |    3 ++-
>  fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c       |    5 +++--
>  fs/nfs/proc.c           |    3 ++-
>  include/linux/freezer.h |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/sunrpc/sched.c      |    3 ++-
>  6 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> 

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