linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/11] xfs: remove not needed freezing calls

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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:32:53 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, bart.vanassche@....com,
        ming.lei@...hat.com, "Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Todd Brandt <todd.e.brandt@...ux.intel.com>, nborisov@...e.com,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Oliver Neukum <ONeukum@...e.com>, oleksandr@...alenko.name,
        Oleg Antonyan <oleg.b.antonyan@...il.com>,
        Yu Chen <yu.chen.surf@...il.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] xfs: remove not needed freezing calls

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> wrote:
> On Wed 29-11-17 15:23:52, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>> This removes superflous freezer calls as they are no longer needed
>> as the VFS now performs filesystem freezing/thaw if the filesystem has
>> support for it.
>>
>> The following Coccinelle rule was used as follows:
>>
>> spatch --sp-file fs-freeze-cleanup.cocci --in-place fs/$FS/
>
> I think your rule misses WQ_FREEZABLE flag for workqueues? That would be
> also good to get rid of...

We need that one (or equivalent) for the runtime PM workqueue at least.

Thanks,
Rafael