linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v1 6/9] freezer: Set default freeze priority for zombie tasks

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Message-Id: <20250807121418.139765-7-zhangzihuan@kylinos.cn>
Date: Thu,  7 Aug 2025 20:14:15 +0800
From: Zihuan Zhang <zhangzihuan@...inos.cn>
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Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 6/9] freezer: Set default freeze priority for zombie tasks

Zombie processes are not subject to freezing, but they are still part of
the global task list. During freeze traversal, tasks are examined for
priority and eligibility, which may involve unnecessary locking even for
non-freezable tasks like zombies.

This patch assigns a default freeze priority to zombie tasks during exit,
so that the freezer can skip priority setup and locking for them in
subsequent iterations.

This helps reduce overhead during freeze traversal, especially when many
zombie processes exist in the system.

Signed-off-by: Zihuan Zhang <zhangzihuan@...inos.cn>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index be00629f0ba4..5a26d7511047 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/context_tracking.h>
 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/init_task.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/ioprio.h>
@@ -6980,6 +6981,7 @@ void __noreturn do_task_dead(void)
 	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
 
 	__schedule(SM_NONE);
+	freeze_set_default_priority(current, FREEZE_PRIORITY_NEVER);
 	BUG();
 
 	/* Avoid "noreturn function does return" - but don't continue if BUG() is a NOP: */
-- 
2.25.1