Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm] Freezer: Handle uninterruptible tasks

[Oleg Nesterov]

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
> This patch makes the freezer skip uninterruptible user space tasks (ie. such
> that have an mm of their own) when counting the tasks to be frozen.  As a
> result, these tasks have the TIF_FREEZE and TIF_SIGPENDING flags set, but the
> freezer doesn't wait for them to enter the refrigerator.  Nevertheless, they
> will enter the refrigerator as soon as they change their state.

A small correction: they will enter the refrigerator on return to user-space.
Actually, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE doesn't mean the task actually sleeps. It could
be running or preempted... I am a bit worried :)

> +static int freezer_should_skip(struct task_struct *p)
> +{
> +       return (has_mm(p) && (p->state | TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE));
                                        ^^^
I guess you meant "&", not "|".

Oleg.

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