Re: [PATCH -mm 2/2] PM: Disable usermode helper before hibernation and suspend

[Uli Luckas]

On Monday, 4. June 2007, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
>
> Use a hibernation and suspend notifier to disable the user mode helper
> before a hibernation/suspend and enable it after the operation.
>
Hi Rafael,
I have a couple of questions, regarding this patch ...
> -	if (!khelper_wq)
> +	if (!khelper_wq || usermodehelper_disabled)
>  		return -EBUSY;
1) how about not returning -EBUSY here, if (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT)?
2) how does your patch prevent wait_for_completion(&done) to hang during
   freezing if usermodehelper_pm_callback is called _after_ the above check?

Regards
Uli
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/