Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] Freezer: Try to handle killable tasks

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:07:55AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> The introduction of TASK_KILLABLE allows the freezer to work in some situation
> that it could not handle before.
> 
> Make the freezer handle killable tasks and add try_to_freeze() in some places
> where it is safe to freeze a (killable) task.  Introduce the
> wait_event_killable_freezable() macro to be used wherever the freezing of
> a waiting killable task is desirable.

Why do you say that TASK_KILLABLE allows the freezer to work in some
situations where it couldn't before?  If something's using one of the
killable functions, it means that it knows how to clean up and unwind
gracefully if the task receives a fatal signal.  I don't understand what
connection there is to the freezer.

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