linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] Freezer: Fix vfork problem

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Message-ID: <20070228110122.GC15509@in.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:31:22 +0530
From:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ibm.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] Freezer: Fix vfork problem

On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:57:27AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Which is because we don't want the kernel threads to be frozen in unexpected
> places, so we allow them to block freeze_processes() instead or to set
> PF_NOFREEZE?

Looks good!

-- 
Regards,
vatsa
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