Re: [PATCH -mm 2/3] Freezer: Use wait queue instead of busy looping

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thursday, 2 August 2007 01:48, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:32:48 +0200
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > +/*
> > + * Used to notify try_to_freeze_tasks() that the refrigerator has been entered
> > + * by a task.
> > + */
> > +static int refrigerator_called;
> 
> this is rather icky.

Well, the alternative would be to open code something like wait_event_timeout.
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