linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH(Experimental) 1/4] freezer-cpu-hotplug core

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Date:	Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:29:30 +0530
From:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ibm.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>, Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>,
	akpm@...l.org, paulmck@...ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH(Experimental) 1/4] freezer-cpu-hotplug core

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 10:29:20AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Well, the suspend code has been developed with the assumption that frozen
> threads stay frozen until _we_ let them thaw by calling thaw_processes().  I'm
> a bit afraid of this change.

Note that only kernel threads created thr' kthread_create are allowed
to exit like this from the refrigerator, that too only when
(kthread_stop_info.k == current). So all other threads should be unaffected
because of this change.

-- 
Regards,
vatsa
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