The patch titled Fix PF_NOFREEZE and freezeable race has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was fix-pf_nofreeze-and-freezeable-race.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Fix PF_NOFREEZE and freezeable race From: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch fixes the race pointed out by Oleg Nesterov. * Freezer marks a thread as freezeable. * The thread now marks itself PF_NOFREEZE causing it to freeze on calling try_to_freeze(). Thus the task is frozen, even though it doesn't want to. * Subsequent thaw_processes() will also fail to thaw the task since it is marked PF_NOFREEZE. Avoid this problem by checking the current task's PF_NOFREEZE status in the refrigerator before marking current as frozen. Signed-off-by: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/power/process.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+) diff -puN kernel/power/process.c~fix-pf_nofreeze-and-freezeable-race kernel/power/process.c --- a/kernel/power/process.c~fix-pf_nofreeze-and-freezeable-race +++ a/kernel/power/process.c @@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ void refrigerator(void) task_lock(current); if (freezing(current)) { + /* check if we had marked ourself PF_NOFREEZE + * *after* the freezer did the freezeable() check + * on us. + */ + if (current->flags & PF_NOFREEZE) { + clear_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_FREEZE); + task_unlock(current); + return; + } frozen_process(current); task_unlock(current); } else { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ego@xxxxxxxxxx are i386-avoid-checking-for-cpu-gone-when-config_hotplug_cpu-not-defined.patch flush_workqueue-use-preempt_disable-to-hold-off-cpu-hotplug.patch flush_cpu_workqueue-dont-flush-an-empty-worklist.patch extend-notifier_call_chain-to-count-nr_calls-made.patch define-and-use-new-eventscpu_lock_acquire-and-cpu_lock_release.patch eliminate-lock_cpu_hotplug-in-kernel-schedc.patch call-cpu_chain-with-cpu_down_failed-if-cpu_down_prepare-failed.patch slab-use-cpu_lock_.patch workqueue-fix-freezeable-workqueues-implementation.patch workqueue-fix-flush_workqueue-vs-cpu_dead-race.patch workqueue-dont-clear-cwq-thread-until-it-exits.patch workqueue-dont-migrate-pending-works-from-the-dead-cpu.patch freezer-read-pf_borrowed_mm-in-a-nonracy-way.patch freezer-close-theoretical-race-between-refrigerator-and-thaw_tasks.patch freezer-remove-pf_nofreeze-from-rcutorture-thread.patch freezer-remove-pf_nofreeze-from-bluetooth-threads.patch freezer-add-try_to_freeze-calls-to-all-kernel-threads.patch freezer-fix-vfork-problem.patch freezer-take-kernel_execve-into-consideration.patch fix-pf_nofreeze-and-freezeable-race.patch freezer-document-task_lock-in-thaw_process.patch add-suspend-related-notifications-for-cpu-hotplug.patch microcode-use-suspend-related-cpu-hotplug-notifications.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html