Re: [PATCH] kernel/freezer.c : Removing extra checking.

From: Rakib Mullick
Date: Sat Dec 06 2008 - 10:04:58 EST


On 12/6/08, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Saturday, 6 of December 2008, Rakib Mullick wrote:
> > Impact: Reduces an extra checking.
> >
> > Following patch removes an extra checking. We can remove it since, the
> > current task is frozen. If the current task is not frozen, then it
> > will return from __else__ condition of freezing(current) check. So,
> > the check becames unnecessary. It also reduces 32 bytes of text space
> > on my x86 (32 bit) system.
>
>
> What will happen with this patch applied when a task is woken up for some
> reason other than thawing?
thawing is usually used for woken up a frozzen process. Would you
please tell me what are the other ways to woken up a frozzen process?
Am I missing anything ?
Thanks,

>
> > Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > --- linux-2.6-orig/kernel/freezer.c 2008-12-05 19:53:45.000000000 +0600
> > +++ linux-2.6/kernel/freezer.c 2008-12-05 19:55:40.000000000 +0600
> > @@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ void refrigerator(void)
> >
> > for (;;) {
> > set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> > - if (!frozen(current))
> > - break;
> > schedule();
> > }
> > pr_debug("%s left refrigerator\n", current->comm);
>
> > --
>
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