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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] PM: Thaws refrigerated and to be exited kernel threads
Hi!

> Kicks out a frozen thread from the refrigerator when an active thread has
> invoked kthread_stop on the frozen thread.
>
> Signed-off-by: Romit Dasgupta <romit@ti.com>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
> index bd1d42b..c28dbe8 100644
> --- a/kernel/freezer.c
> +++ b/kernel/freezer.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/syscalls.h>
> #include <linux/freezer.h>
> +#include <linux/kthread.h>
>
> /*
> * freezing is complete, mark current process as frozen
> @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ void refrigerator(void)
>
> for (;;) {
> set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> - if (!frozen(current))
> + if (!frozen(current) || (!current->mm && kthread_should_stop()))
> break;
> schedule();

Well, what if the thread does some processing before stopping? That
would break refrigerator assumptions...
Pavel

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