Re: [PATCH] Rename PF_IOTHREAD.

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> A few weeks ago, Pavel and I agreed that PF_IOTHREAD should be renamed
> to PF_NOFREEZE. This reflects the fact that some threads so marked
> aren't actually used for IO while suspending, but simply shouldn't be
> frozen. This patch, against 2.6.5 vanilla, applies that change. In the
> refrigerator calls, the actual value doesn't matter (so long as it's
> non-zero) and it makes more sense to use PF_FREEZE so I've used that.
> 
> Please apply.

Patch looks good. [Except that I'm not sure if this hunk will apply;
there were changes for ^Z in this area].
								Pavel


> diff -ruN linux-2.6.5/kernel/power/process.c linux-2.6.5-NoFreeze/kernel/power/process.c
> --- linux-2.6.5/kernel/power/process.c	2004-01-13 14:16:35.000000000 +1100
> +++ linux-2.6.5-NoFreeze/kernel/power/process.c	2004-04-19 16:47:24.000000000 +1000
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  static inline int freezeable(struct task_struct * p)
>  {
>  	if ((p == current) || 
> -	    (p->flags & PF_IOTHREAD) || 
> +	    (p->flags & PF_NOFREEZE) || 
>  	    (p->state == TASK_ZOMBIE) ||
>  	    (p->state == TASK_DEAD))
>  		return 0;

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