linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] make refrigerator cold

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Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:54:09 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make refrigerator cold

On Tuesday 22 September 2009, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> By marking it cold, then the code path in kernel thread 
> usage of try_to_freeze() that is normally used be
> selected.

The sentence above isn't very clear IMO, could you please rephrase?

> Don't think it matters that much for performance but the
> concordance of this patch struck me as humorous.

Well, yeah.

> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> 
> 
> --- a/include/linux/freezer.h	2009-09-21 20:34:17.579233461 -0700
> +++ b/include/linux/freezer.h	2009-09-21 20:35:25.724322028 -0700
> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static inline bool should_send_signal(st
>  /* Takes and releases task alloc lock using task_lock() */
>  extern int thaw_process(struct task_struct *p);
>  
> -extern void refrigerator(void);
> +extern void refrigerator(void) __cold;
>  extern int freeze_processes(void);
>  extern void thaw_processes(void);
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