Re: Alternative to TIF_FREEZE -> a notifier in the task_struct?

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > I guess I'd prefer if you left "refrigerator()" and "try_to_freeze()"
> > functions in; there are about 1000 drivers that know/use them, and
> > some patches are probably in the queue....
> 
> Yeah but then other uses also could benefit from that.

Just don't rename try_to_freeze() to whatever... make it do whatever
you need, but don't change the name so that we don't have to fix it at
1000 places...

Or introduce new name, but keep try_to_freeze in, just calling "new"
function, so all 1000 usews don't have to be changed at the same time.

								Pavel
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