linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH][EXPERIMENTAL] Make kernel threads nonfreezable by default

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Date:	Tue, 29 May 2007 08:54:41 +1000
From:	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH][EXPERIMENTAL] Make kernel threads nonfreezable by
	default

Hi.

On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 00:51 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > The copy_flags routine changes another process's flags - that's why
> I
> > was suggesting this.
> 
> Yes, it does, but I'm dropping the clearing of PF_NOFREEZE from there,
> not adding anything new. :-)

Doh! Sorry :)

Nigel

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