[PATCH] Cleanup patch for process freezing
1. Establish a simple API for process freezing defined in linux/include/sched.h:
frozen(process) Check for frozen process
freezing(process) Check if a process is being frozen
freeze(process) Tell a process to freeze (go to refrigerator)
thaw_process(process) Restart process
frozen_process(process) Process is frozen now
2. Remove all references to PF_FREEZE and PF_FROZEN from all
kernel sources except sched.h
3. Fix numerous locations where try_to_freeze is manually done by a driver
4. Remove the argument that is no longer necessary from two function calls.
5. Some whitespace cleanup
6. Clear potential race in refrigerator (provides an open window of PF_FREEZE
cleared before setting PF_FROZEN, recalc_sigpending does not check
PF_FROZEN).
This patch does not address the problem of freeze_processes() violating the rule
that a task may only modify its own flags by setting PF_FREEZE. This is not clean
in an SMP environment. freeze(process) is therefore not SMP safe!
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/fs/afs/kafsasyncd.c b/fs/afs/kafsasyncd.c
index 6fc88ae..7ac07d0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/kafsasyncd.c
+++ b/fs/afs/kafsasyncd.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
remove_wait_queue(&kafsasyncd_sleepq, &myself);
set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
- try_to_freeze(PF_FREEZE);
+ try_to_freeze();
/* discard pending signals */
afs_discard_my_signals();
diff --git a/fs/afs/kafstimod.c b/fs/afs/kafstimod.c
index 86e710d..65bc05a 100644
--- a/fs/afs/kafstimod.c
+++ b/fs/afs/kafstimod.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
complete_and_exit(&kafstimod_dead, 0);
}
- try_to_freeze(PF_FREEZE);
+ try_to_freeze();
/* discard pending signals */
afs_discard_my_signals();