linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 010/192] f2fs: try to freeze in gc and discard threads

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Message-ID: <lsq.1507553064.584378115@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:44:24 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Jaegeuk Kim" <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 010/192] f2fs: try to freeze in gc and discard threads

3.16.49-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>

commit 1d7be2708277edfef95171d52fb65ee26eaa076b upstream.

This allows to freeze gc and discard threads.

Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: drop changes to discard thread]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ static int gc_thread_func(void *data)
 
 	wait_ms = gc_th->min_sleep_time;
 
+	set_freezable();
 	do {
+		wait_event_interruptible_timeout(*wq,
+				kthread_should_stop() || freezing(current),
+				msecs_to_jiffies(wait_ms));
+
 		if (try_to_freeze())
 			continue;
-		else
-			wait_event_interruptible_timeout(*wq,
-						kthread_should_stop(),
-						msecs_to_jiffies(wait_ms));
 		if (kthread_should_stop())
 			break;