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

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Message-ID: <20070217111912.GA12507@in.ibm.com>
Date:	Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:49:12 +0530
From:	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>
To:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>, akpm@...l.org, paulmck@...ibm.com,
	mingo@...e.hu, dipankar@...ibm.com, venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...k.pl
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH(Experimental) 1/4] freezer-cpu-hotplug core

On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 11:02:33AM +0530, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:

> This looks ok, but probably we could do it in a better way.
> How about an api to thaw only a specific task something like
> thaw_process(struct task_struct p). 

I see that thaw_process already exists in freezer.h! Awesome!!
So lets make use of it, instead of adding the kthread_should_stop 
change to the refrigerator :)

thanks and regards
gautham.

-- 
Gautham R Shenoy
Linux Technology Center
IBM India.
"Freedom comes with a price tag of responsibility, which is still a bargain,
because Freedom is priceless!"
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