From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: rjw@sisk.pl
Cc: pavel@ucw.cz, len.brown@intel.com, rdunlap@xenotime.net,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Freezer / Documentation: Update freezer documentation
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:04:20 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111029173418.4559.3699.stgit@srivatsabhat.in.ibm.com> (raw)
This patch:
* substitutes some obsolete references to kernel/power/process.c by
kernel/freezer.c
* mentions kernel/freezer.c as being part of the "freezer" code along
with the rest of the files
* fixes a trivial typo.
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
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 38b5724..316c2ba 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
next reply other threads:[~2011-10-29 17:34 UTC|newest]
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2011-10-29 17:34 Srivatsa S. Bhat [this message]
2011-11-03 0:19 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
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