Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm] Freezer: Handle uninterruptible tasks

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > I don't think we can do that. I suspect rename looks like:
> > 
> > 	write directory entry in source
> > A)	(uninterruptible wait for write)
> > 	write directory entry in destination
> > 	(uninterruptible wait for write)
> > 	write something else
> > 
> > If we freeze some task in place "A)", we'll write to the disk when the
> > directory write is finished :-(.
> 
> Renaming is a single syscall, so won't the process get frozen when the syscall 
> finishes? 

It would be frozen when syscall finishes. But if we freeze it at A)
point, we have a problem.

> Perhaps you've just found more logic for keeping the sys_sync there?

No, I don't think so.
									Pavel
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