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

From: Anton Blanchard
Date: Mon Mar 12 2007 - 18:47:25 EST



> Do not do it, then. Confusion it causes is not worth saving one line
> of code.
>
> You do less typing, but the resulting code is _less_ readable, not
> more.

Then please document it _clearly_ with the kthread code somewhere. The
reason I brought this up is I had no idea we had to put the freezer gunk
in all kernel thread loops and Ive been writing kernel threads for years.

Anton
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