Re: [PATCH -mm] PM: Prevent frozen user mode helpers from failing the freezing of tasks (rev. 2)

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Jun 25 2007 - 17:55:46 EST


Hi!

> [I hope the ACKs still apply.]

Uhuh, not 100% sure.

> +static int usermodehelper_disabled;
> +


...

> case PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE:
> case PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE:
> usermodehelper_disabled = 1;
> - return NOTIFY_OK;
> + smp_mb();

usermodehelper_disabled should be atomic variable, too, so we don't
have to play these ugly tricks by hand? This should not be
performance-critical, right?
Pavel
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