linux-kernel - Re: freeze vs freezer

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Message-Id: <200711271840.24825.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:40:24 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
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 Tuesday, 27 of November 2007, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> 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?

That's correct, you can't.

[And I know what you're going to say. ;-)]

Greetings,
Rafael
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