From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 22 May 2002 16:03:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 22 May 2002 16:03:26 -0400 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:49562 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 22 May 2002 16:03:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:17:47 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: "Vamsi Krishna S." Cc: "Gross, Mark" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, r1vamsi@in.ibm.com Subject: Re: PATCH Multithreaded core dumps for the 2.5.17 kernel was ....RE: PATCH Multithreaded core dump support for the 2.5.14 (and 15) kernel. Message-ID: <20020522141747.G37@toy.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <59885C5E3098D511AD690002A5072D3C057B489B@orsmsx111.jf.intel.com> <200205220748.g4M7mc2157646@northrelay01.pok.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi > Nice. This also closes another issue pointed out: freezing > a process while it is holding the mmap_sem, which may be needed later > while collecting thread registers on IA64. > > Now that Linus has accepted Pavel's swsusp, do you have any thoughts > on using Pavel's scheme to freeze processes? I attempt half of signal delivery to the threads, but that should not be a problem. Currently freezing stuff is there only for CONFIG_SWSUSP case, but it is probably small enough to be there unconditionaly. Pavel -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.