The patch titled
freezer: prevent new tasks from inheriting TIF_FREEZE set
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
freezer-prevent-new-tasks-from-inheriting-tif_freeze-set.patch
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Subject: freezer: prevent new tasks from inheriting TIF_FREEZE set
From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Tasks should go to the refrigerator only if explicitly requested to do that by
the freezer and not as a result of inheriting the TIF_FREEZE flag set from the
parent. Make it happen.
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/fork.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN kernel/fork.c~freezer-prevent-new-tasks-from-inheriting-tif_freeze-set kernel/fork.c
--- a/kernel/fork.c~freezer-prevent-new-tasks-from-inheriting-tif_freeze-set
+++ a/kernel/fork.c
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ static inline void copy_flags(unsigned l
if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_PTRACE))
p->ptrace = 0;
p->flags = new_flags;
+ clear_freeze_flag(p);
}
asmlinkage long sys_set_tid_address(int __user *tidptr)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rjw@xxxxxxx are
git-acpi.patch
pm-move-definition-of-struct-pm_ops-to-suspendh.patch
pm-rename-struct-pm_ops-and-related-things.patch
pm-rework-struct-platform_suspend_ops.patch
pm-fix-compilation-of-suspend-code-if-config_pm-is-unset.patch
pm-make-suspend_ops-static.patch
pm-rework-struct-hibernation_ops.patch
pm-rename-hibernation_ops-to-platform_hibernation_ops.patch
freezer-document-relationship-with-memory-shrinking.patch
freezer-do-not-sync-filesystems-from-freeze_processes.patch
freezer-prevent-new-tasks-from-inheriting-tif_freeze-set.patch
freezer-introduce-freezer-firendly-waiting-macros.patch
freezer-do-not-send-signals-to-kernel-threads.patch
shrink_slab-handle-bad-shrinkers.patch
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