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diff --git a/Documentation/power/kernel_threads.txt b/Documentation/power/kernel_threads.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..60b548105ed --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/kernel_threads.txt @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +KERNEL THREADS + + +Freezer + +Upon entering a suspended state the system will freeze all +tasks. This is done by delivering pseudosignals. This affects +kernel threads, too. To successfully freeze a kernel thread +the thread has to check for the pseudosignal and enter the +refrigerator. Code to do this looks like this: + + do { + hub_events(); + wait_event_interruptible(khubd_wait, !list_empty(&hub_event_list)); + if (current->flags & PF_FREEZE) + refrigerator(PF_FREEZE); + } while (!signal_pending(current)); + +from drivers/usb/core/hub.c::hub_thread() + + +The Unfreezable + +Some kernel threads however, must not be frozen. The kernel must +be able to finish pending IO operations and later on be able to +write the memory image to disk. Kernel threads needed to do IO +must stay awake. Such threads must mark themselves unfreezable +like this: + + /* + * This thread doesn't need any user-level access, + * so get rid of all our resources. + */ + daemonize("usb-storage"); + + current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; + +from drivers/usb/storage/usb.c::usb_stor_control_thread() + +Such drivers are themselves responsible for staying quiet during +the actual snapshotting. |