alistair23-linux/kernel/power
Rafael J. Wysocki 0c1eecfb34 Freezer: avoid freezing kernel threads prematurely
Kernel threads should not have TIF_FREEZE set when user space processes are
being frozen, since otherwise some of them might be frozen prematurely.
To prevent this from happening we can (1) make exit_mm() unset TIF_FREEZE
unconditionally just after clearing tsk->mm and (2) make try_to_freeze_tasks()
check if p->mm is different from zero and PF_BORROWED_MM is unset in p->flags
when user space processes are to be frozen.

Namely, when user space processes are being frozen, we only should set
TIF_FREEZE for tasks that have p->mm different from NULL and don't have
PF_BORROWED_MM set in p->flags.  For this reason task_lock() must be used to
prevent try_to_freeze_tasks() from racing with use_mm()/unuse_mm(), in which
p->mm and p->flags.PF_BORROWED_MM are changed under task_lock(p).  Also, we
need to prevent the following scenario from happening:

* daemonize() is called by a task spawned from a user space code path
* freezer checks if the task has p->mm set and the result is positive
* task enters exit_mm() and clears its TIF_FREEZE
* freezer sets TIF_FREEZE for the task
* task calls try_to_freeze() and goes to the refrigerator, which is wrong at
  that point

This requires us to acquire task_lock(p) before p->flags.PF_BORROWED_MM and
p->mm are examined and release it after TIF_FREEZE is set for p (or it turns
out that TIF_FREEZE should not be set).

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Cc: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19 10:04:42 -07:00
..
console.c [PATCH] swsusp: fix suspend when console is in VT_AUTO+KD_GRAPHICS mode 2007-03-16 19:25:05 -07:00
disk.c Hibernation: prepare to enter the low power state 2007-07-19 10:04:42 -07:00
Kconfig PM: Do not require dev spew to get PM_DEBUG 2007-07-19 10:04:42 -07:00
main.c PM: introduce set_target method in pm_ops 2007-07-01 12:29:44 -07:00
Makefile
pm.c
power.h swsusp: introduce restore platform operations 2007-07-19 10:04:42 -07:00
poweroff.c WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data 2006-11-22 14:55:48 +00:00
process.c Freezer: avoid freezing kernel threads prematurely 2007-07-19 10:04:42 -07:00
snapshot.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2007-05-09 12:56:01 -07:00
swap.c swsusp: introduce restore platform operations 2007-07-19 10:04:42 -07:00
swsusp.c swsusp: free more memory 2007-05-07 12:12:59 -07:00
user.c swsusp: introduce restore platform operations 2007-07-19 10:04:42 -07:00