Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:46:15 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 07/10] futex: use freezable blocking call | From | Colin Cross <> |
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On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com> wrote: > Colin, > > I don't know anything about when or when not to use freezable*, and I > suspect that may be true for others as well. A more complete > description of why it's acceptable here in the commit log might help > expedite acceptance. >
Sure, how about: This call can be converted to a freezable call because it doesn't hold any locks or release any resources when interrupted that might be needed by another freezing task or a kernel driver during suspend.
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