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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 22:17:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org> To: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com> cc: "pavel@....cz" <pavel@....cz>, "darrick.wong@...cle.com" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>, "viro@...iv.linux.org.uk" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, "ming.lei@...hat.com" <ming.lei@...hat.com>, "rjw@...ysocki.net" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, "mcgrof@...nel.org" <mcgrof@...nel.org>, "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, "len.brown@...el.com" <len.brown@...el.com>, "tytso@....edu" <tytso@....edu>, "boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com" <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, "ONeukum@...e.com" <ONeukum@...e.com>, "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "nborisov@...e.com" <nborisov@...e.com>, "oleg.b.antonyan@...il.com" <oleg.b.antonyan@...il.com>, "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>, "jgross@...e.com" <jgross@...e.com>, "martin.petersen@...cle.com" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, "oleksandr@...alenko.name" <oleksandr@...alenko.name>, "todd.e.brandt@...ux.intel.com" <todd.e.brandt@...ux.intel.com>, "jack@...e.cz" <jack@...e.cz> Subject: Re: [RFC 5/5] pm: remove kernel thread freezing On Tue, 3 Oct 2017, Bart Van Assche wrote: > What about the many drivers outside filesystems that use the > set_freezable() / try_to_freeze() / wait_event_freezable() API? Many/most of them are just completely bogus and pointless. I've killed a lot of those in the past, but the copy/paste programming is just too strong enemy to fight against. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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