linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "exec: make de_thread() freezable (was: Re: Linux 4.20-rc4)

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Date:   Mon, 3 Dec 2018 09:06:18 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     mhocko@...nel.org
Cc:     pavel@....cz, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com, chanho.min@....com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "exec: make de_thread() freezable (was: Re: Linux 4.20-rc4)

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 6:17 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> This argument just doesn't make any sense. Rare bugs are maybe even more
> annoying because you do not expect them to happen.

Absolutely.

And valid lockdep complaints are a real issue too.

So I don't think there's any question that this should be reverted,
the only question is whether I take the revert directly or get it from
the PM tree.

It does sound like the de_thread() behavior needs more work. Maybe,
for example, we need to make it clear that zapped threads are *not*
frozen, and instead the freezer will wait for them to exit?

Hmm?

                      Linus