linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/7] Freezer: Close theoretical race between refrigerator and thaw

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Message-ID: <20070225104412.GI2045@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:44:12 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	ego@...ibm.com, akpm@...l.org, mingo@...e.hu, vatsa@...ibm.com,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com,
	Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/7] Freezer: Close theoretical race between refrigerator and thaw_tasks

Hi!

> If the freezing of tasks fails and a task is preempted in refrigerator() before
> calling frozen_process(), then thaw_tasks() may run before this task is frozen.
> In that case the task will freeze and no one will thaw it.
> 
> To fix this race we can call freezing(current) in refrigerator() along with
> frozen_process(current) under the task_lock() which also should be taken in
> the error path of try_to_freeze_tasks() as well as in thaw_process().  Moreover,
> if thaw_process() additionally clears TIF_FREEZE for tasks that are not frozen,
> we can be sure that all tasks are thawed and there are no pending "freeze"
> requests after thaw_tasks() has run.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>

Looks ok to me.
								Pavel

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