Re: [ 06/23] [Suspend2] Disable usermode helper invocations when the freezer is on.

[Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net>]

Hi.

On Tuesday 31 January 2006 08:05, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thursday 26 January 2006 04:45, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > Disable usermode helper invocations when the freezer is on. This avoids
> > deadlocks due to hotplug events occuring while processes are frozen.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net>
> >
> >  kernel/kmod.c |    4 ++++
> >  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
> > index 51a8920..12afa2c 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kmod.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kmod.c
> > @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/mount.h>
> >  #include <linux/kernel.h>
> >  #include <linux/init.h>
> > +#include <linux/freezer.h>
> >  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> >
> >  extern int max_threads;
> > @@ -249,6 +250,9 @@ int call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path,
> >  	if (!khelper_wq)
> >  		return -EBUSY;
> >
> > +	if (freezer_is_on())
> > +		return 0;
> > +
> >  	if (path[0] == '\0')
> >  		return 0;
>
> Disabling the usermode helper while freeze_processes() is executed seems to
> be a good idea to me, but I think it should be done with a mutex or
> something like that.

With the refrigerator code you guys are using at the moment, ouldn't that 
result in deadlocks when we later try to freeze the process in preparation 
for the atomic restore? (Or perhaps you don't freeze processes at that 
point?)

Regards,

Nigel

> Greetings,
> Rafael
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