The kernel thread function ksmbd_conn_handler_loop() invokes the try_to_freeze() in its loop. But all the kernel threads are non-freezable by default. So if we want to make a kernel thread to be freezable, we have to invoke set_freezable() explicitly. Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <haokexin@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/smb/server/connection.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/smb/server/connection.c b/fs/smb/server/connection.c index b6fa1e285c40..d311c2ee10bd 100644 --- a/fs/smb/server/connection.c +++ b/fs/smb/server/connection.c @@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ int ksmbd_conn_handler_loop(void *p) goto out; conn->last_active = jiffies; + set_freezable(); while (ksmbd_conn_alive(conn)) { if (try_to_freeze()) continue; -- 2.39.2