Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:04:49 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Software suspend testing in 2.6.0-test1 |
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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 -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - 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/
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