Re: Suspend2 merge preparation: Rationale behind the freezer changes.

[Bill Davidsen]

Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Oliver Neukum wrote:
>
> > Am Freitag, 21. Mai 2004 14:28 schrieb Nigel Cunningham:
> >
> > > Yes, but what order? I played with that problem for ages. Perhaps I 
> > > just  didn't find the right combination.
> >
> > How about recording the order of creation and do it in opposite order?
>
>
> We could add a field to the process struct to record that. (Since PIDs 
> can wrap, they can't be relied upon for this).

I would never suggest keeping a process creation date for something 
trivial, but since you seem to be proposing one for something major, the 
process creation date could be available in the readdir of the /proc 
directory. Assuming you intend to keep date at all and not just some 
counter, of course.

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   -bill davidsen (davidsen@xxxxxxx)
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 last possible moment - but no longer"  -me
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