linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm 2/3] freezer: Introduce freezer

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20070422141452.a7855599.pj@sgi.com>
Date:	Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:14:52 -0700
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu, ego@...ibm.com,
	oleg@...sign.ru, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vatsa@...ibm.com,
	paulmck@...ibm.com, pavel@....cz
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm 2/3] freezer: Introduce freezer_flags

Rafael wrote:
> Move all of the freezer-related flags to a separate field in task_struct and
> introduce functions to operate them using set_bit() etc.

It's getting time I learned what this freezer thing is.

What would you suggest I read?

I looked in include/linux/freezer.h and didn't see any explanations.
I found one Documenation file, power/kernel_threads.txt, that explained
the interaction of freezing and kernel threads.  I looked in the
comments for various 2.6.21-rc6-mm1 freezer* patches, and saw various
interesting details.

But I couldn't find any documentation telling me what a freezer was,
or what a refrigerator is.

Did I miss something?

-- 
                  I won't rest till it's the best ...
                  Programmer, Linux Scalability
                  Paul Jackson <pj@....com> 1.925.600.0401
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/