Re: [PATCH 2/4] cgroup freezer: Avoid lazy state changes when convenient

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Quoting Matt Helsley (matthltc@xxxxxxxxxx):
> On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 11:10:46AM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > Quoting Matt Helsley (matthltc@xxxxxxxxxx):
> > >  When all the tasks of a cgroup were successfully frozen we can avoid
> > >  the lazy FREEZING -> FROZEN transition and move into FROZEN during the
> > >  write to freezer.state.
> > 
> > Can you remind us then what the point of the FREEZING state is?
> > It doesn't look to me like, after this patch, a cgroup will
> > ever be FREEZING?
> 
> FREEZING is an intermediate state indicating that the cgroup is
> partially frozen and, unless userspace retries, it will remain so. 

Oh, so basically a cgroup will be in CGROUP_FREEZING state only
while try_to_freeze_cgroup() is looping over the tasks now?

-serge
_______________________________________________
Containers mailing list
Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers

[Index of Archives]     [Cgroups]     [Netdev]     [Linux Wireless]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Linux for Hams]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Forum]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux Admin]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux