linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wait_event_freezekillable: use freezer_do_not_count/freezer

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Date:	Thu, 3 Nov 2011 07:13:54 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, trond.myklebust@...app.com,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wait_event_freezekillable: use
 freezer_do_not_count/freezer_count

Hello,

On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 06:42:15AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> I'm not sure we really need this macro anymore since this is much
> simpler. I could just move cifs back to using wait_event_killable and
> simply wrap it in freezer_do_not_count/freezer_count (with some
> comments to explain why we're doing that).
> 
> In any event, I plan to test this scheme out today and will let you
> know whether it works...

I think it would be better to put this in a macro as the
implementation is likely to change in future and I really don't want
to see FREEZER_SKIP scattered around the tree.

Thank you.

-- 
tejun
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