Re: [PATCH -mm 3/7] Freezer: Remove PF_NOFREEZE from rcutorture thread

[Anton Blanchard]

Hi Paul,

> We certainly either need to embed try_to_freeze() into kthread_should_stop()
> or add back the rcu_torture_fakewriter(), and rcu_torture_reader()
> components of this patch.  ;-)
> 
> One way to embed try_to_freeze() into kthread_should_stop() might be
> as follows:
> 
> 	int kthread_should_stop(void)
> 	{
> 		if (kthread_stop_info.k == current)
> 			return 1;
> 		try_to_freeze();
> 		return 0;
> 	}
> 
> Does this seem reasonable?  It certainly would cut down some of the
> code required for freezing -- and reduce the potential for bugs.

Thats what I was thinking too :) 

Anton
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