linux-kernel - Re: Problem with freezable workqueues

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Message-ID: <20070228200853.GA122@tv-sign.ru>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:08:53 +0300
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	vatsa@...ibm.com, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Problem with freezable workqueues

On 02/28, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, 28 February 2007 20:32, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > 
> > I am sorry, I lost track of this problem. As for 2.6.21, create_freezeable_workqueue
> > doesn't work and conflict with suspend. Why can't we remove it from XFS as you
> > suggested before?
> 
> Yes, we can (preparing a patch).  I was just curious. :-)

OK, thanks.

We can (I think) do pretty much the same with some additional complications
in worker_thread() (check !cpu_online() after try_to_freeze() and break).

Oleg.

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