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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-11-05 17:54:18 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-11-05 17:54:18 -0700 |
commit | 8110efc64c4790cd1bf7e30f080e5ba3faa7cb85 (patch) | |
tree | 708c2a1ef6bebce8eda9676c554bea366547678e /Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt | |
parent | 06d8eb1b7d1eb34c76538dab791bc14136ebbc8f (diff) | |
parent | d6cc76856d353a3a9c43bead33210b9216dce332 (diff) |
Merge branch 'pm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm
* 'pm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm:
PM / Freezer: Revert 27920651fe "PM / Freezer: Make fake_signal_wake_up() wake TASK_KILLABLE tasks too"
PM / Freezer: Reimplement wait_event_freezekillable using freezer_do_not_count/freezer_count
USB: Update last_busy time after autosuspend fails
PM / Runtime: Automatically retry failed autosuspends
PM / QoS: Remove redundant check
PM / OPP: Fix build when CONFIG_PM_OPP is not set
PM / Runtime: Fix runtime accounting calculation error
PM / Sleep: Update freezer documentation
PM / Sleep: Remove unused symbol 'suspend_cpu_hotplug'
PM / Sleep: Fix race between CPU hotplug and freezer
ACPI / PM: Add Sony VPCEB17FX to nonvs blacklist
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt index 38b57248fd61..316c2ba187f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ try_to_freeze_tasks() that sets TIF_FREEZE for all of the freezable tasks and either wakes them up, if they are kernel threads, or sends fake signals to them, if they are user space processes. A task that has TIF_FREEZE set, should react to it by calling the function called refrigerator() (defined in -kernel/power/process.c), which sets the task's PF_FROZEN flag, changes its state +kernel/freezer.c), which sets the task's PF_FROZEN flag, changes its state to TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE and makes it loop until PF_FROZEN is cleared for it. Then, we say that the task is 'frozen' and therefore the set of functions handling this mechanism is referred to as 'the freezer' (these functions are -defined in kernel/power/process.c and include/linux/freezer.h). User space -processes are generally frozen before kernel threads. +defined in kernel/power/process.c, kernel/freezer.c & include/linux/freezer.h). +User space processes are generally frozen before kernel threads. It is not recommended to call refrigerator() directly. Instead, it is recommended to use the try_to_freeze() function (defined in @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ after the memory for the image has been freed, we don't want tasks to allocate additional memory and we prevent them from doing that by freezing them earlier. [Of course, this also means that device drivers should not allocate substantial amounts of memory from their .suspend() callbacks before hibernation, but this -is e separate issue.] +is a separate issue.] 3. The third reason is to prevent user space processes and some kernel threads from interfering with the suspending and resuming of devices. A user space |