Re: [linux-pm] question on resume()

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Wed Jan 31 2007 - 05:21:53 EST


Am Mittwoch, 31. Januar 2007 10:36 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> Hi!
>
> > > Yes, it will. The process freezer can only return success if there are no more
> > > TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks. Otherwise it fails (after a timeout).
> >
> > So, this means, on suspend():
> >
> > 1. Don't worry about TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
> > 2. Do worry about TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
> > We have to cease IO and must not call wake_up_interruptible()
>
> "cease IO"? No, I believe it is enough not to start new I/O. Userspace
> is frozen at that point, it can't ask you to do I/O.
>
> > Isn't that a race until suspend() is called?
>
> I do not think so.

What about URBs in flight which are waited for with TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE?

> > On resume():
> >
> > 1. Don't worry about TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
> > 2. Do not restart IO that may call wake_up_interruptible()
> >
> > When do we restart such IO?
>
> We reuse signal handling code to do that for us. It is same situation
> as when someone signals task doing I/O.

What happens to tasks in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE which are frozen?
Are they interrupted and frozen?

Regards
Oliver
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