A freezable kernel thread can enter frozen state during freezing by
either calling try_to_freeze() or using wait_event_freezable() and its
variants. However, there is no need to use both methods simultaneously.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <haokexin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
---
mm/ksm.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 16532fa85a46..e2ce850c2739 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -2604,11 +2604,9 @@ static int ksm_scan_thread(void *nothing)
ksm_do_scan(ksm_thread_pages_to_scan);
mutex_unlock(&ksm_thread_mutex);
- try_to_freeze();
-
if (ksmd_should_run()) {
sleep_ms = READ_ONCE(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs);
- wait_event_interruptible_timeout(ksm_iter_wait,
+ wait_event_freezable_timeout(ksm_iter_wait,
sleep_ms != READ_ONCE(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs),
msecs_to_jiffies(sleep_ms));
} else {
--
2.39.2
