linux-kernel - Re: freeze vs freezer

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Message-ID: <20071127053846.GA28884@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:38:47 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	David Chinner <dgc@....com>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	xfs-masters@....sgi.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: freeze vs freezer

On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 10:53:34PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, 26 of November 2007, David Chinner wrote:
> > So how do you handle threads that are blocked on I/O or a lock during
> > the system freeze process, then?
> 
> We wait until they can continue.

So if I have a process blocked on an unavilable NFS mount, I can't 
suspend?

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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