Re: [RFD] Freezing of kernel threads

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > If you fail to do that, we'll see freezer failure, quickly, and catch
> > the simple bug.
> 
> "It's a feature to add crap to drivers and subsystems that don't care!"
> 
> That's a novel thing.
> 
> Maybe we could add other features too. Like a "IM_NOT_AN_IDIOT" flag that 
> every driver has to set in it's "struct device", so that the device 
> manager knows that it wasn't written by an idiot.

Well, it was initially SOMEONE_REVIEWIED_THIS flag (and thus pretty
neccessary for initial merge). Now it still serves as
SOMEONE_REVIEWIED_THIS flag, but I guess you could call it
IM_NOT_AN_IDIOT flag, too.

Well, we can go the other way around, but that means more careful
reviewing of incoming code. Yes, we can do it.
								Pavel
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