linux-kernel - Re: Back to the future.

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Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:59:37 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Subject: Re: Back to the future.

Hi!

> > Ie we do have history of _not_ freezing things.  The freezing came later, 
> > and came with the subsystem that had more problems..
> 
> It doesn't have that many problems as you are trying to suggest.  At present,
> the only problems with it happen if someone tries to "improve" it in the way
> I did with the workqueues.
> 
> Anyway, the freezing of tasks, including kernel threads, is one of the few
> things on which Pavel, Nigel and me completely agree that they should be done,
> so perhaps you could accept that?

Actually, if we want to support OLPC _nicely_, we'll need to get rid
of freezer from suspend-to-RAM. Of course, that _will_ put more
pressure at the drivers -- and break few of them...

									Pavel
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