Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id S932569AbbFIHdY (ORCPT <rfc822;w@1wt.eu>);
	Tue, 9 Jun 2015 03:33:24 -0400
Received: from mail-pa0-f46.google.com ([209.85.220.46]:34743 "EHLO
	mail-pa0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org
	with ESMTP id S1753171AbbFIHdG (ORCPT
	<rfc822;linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>);
	Tue, 9 Jun 2015 03:33:06 -0400
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 16:32:53 +0900
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
        Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@primarydata.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@netapp.com>, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
        Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>, Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>, live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 09/18] kthread: Make it easier to correctly sleep in
 iterant kthreads
Message-ID: <20150609073253.GZ21465@mtj.duckdns.org>
References: <1433516477-5153-1-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.cz>
 <1433516477-5153-10-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.cz>
 <20150605161021.GJ19282@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
 <20150608100107.GA3135@pathway.suse.cz>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20150608100107.GA3135@pathway.suse.cz>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
List-ID: <linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org>
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Content-Length: 721
Lines: 21

Hello,

On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 12:01:07PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> BTW: What is the preferred way of freezing, please? Is it better
> to end up in the fridge or is it fine to call freezer_do_not_count();
> or set PF_NOFREEZE when it is safe?

There's no one good answer.  The closest would be "don't use freezer
on kthreads".  As Peter said, exit points are always safe freezing
points and it's generally a good idea to avoid adding one anywhere
else.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/