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    SubjectRe: Software suspend testing in 2.6.0-test1
    Hi!

    > > I wanted to avoid that: we do want user threads refrigerated at that
    > > point so that we know noone is allocating memory as we are trying to
    > > do memory shrink. I'd like to avoid having refrigerator run in two
    > > phases....
    >
    > But we should be the only process running, and we can guarantee that by
    > not sleeping and doing preempt_disable() when we begin. Especially
    > if we start the refrigeration sequence after we shrink
    > memory. Right?

    If we refrigerate after we shrink, userspace can allocate everything
    just after shrink.
    Pavel
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