Hi! > > > > What happens if a process owns a lock needed to suspend a device and it is > > > > waiting in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE? > > > > > > Well, we're in trouble. :-) > > > > > > However, if any process that we have frozen owns such a lock, we're in trouble > > > too. > > > > No, we are not. Processes can't own any locks when they are in > > refrigerator... It is not ok to call refrigerator from any context > > where you own a lock. > > I didn't mean a lock in general, but a lock that is needed to > suspend a device. Processes in refrigerator are not allowed to own any locks. That means they may not own a lock that is needed to suspend a device ;-). OTOH... we may want to move completely away from refrigerator. Its quite a hack, and it device support is okay, we'll not really need it. Pavel -- Boycott Kodak -- for their patent abuse against Java.
