On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 06:19:40PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 05:40:16PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
> > --- linux-2.6.21-rc7-mm2.orig/kernel/fork.c
> > +++ linux-2.6.21-rc7-mm2/kernel/fork.c
> > @@ -921,11 +921,14 @@ static inline void copy_flags(unsigned l
> > {
> > unsigned long new_flags = p->flags;
> >
> > - new_flags &= ~(PF_SUPERPRIV | PF_NOFREEZE);
> > + new_flags &= ~PF_SUPERPRIV;
> > new_flags |= PF_FORKNOEXEC;
> > if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_PTRACE))
> > p->ptrace = 0;
> > p->flags = new_flags;
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FREEZER
> > + p->freezer_flags = 0;
> > +#endif
> > }
> Could we have a dedicated clear_freeze_flag() so we could drop the ifdef?
>
> > + clear_freeze_flag(p);
That means something else. clear_freeze_flag() just clears the
TFF_FREEZE flag and not necessarily everything.
Besides, this is the only place where we would need to clear all the bits
of p->freezer_flags. Not sure if having a static inline helper function
is worth it.
>
> Or maybe we have it already?
We don't yet. But can if badly needed :-)
>
>
> Sam
Thanks and Regards
gautham.
--
Gautham R Shenoy
Linux Technology Center
IBM India.
"Freedom comes with a price tag of responsibility, which is still a bargain,
because Freedom is priceless!"
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
