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[linux-2.6/linux-2.6-stable.git] / kernel / freezer.c
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1 /*
2 * kernel/freezer.c - Function to freeze a process
4 * Originally from kernel/power/process.c
5 */
7 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
8 #include <linux/suspend.h>
9 #include <linux/module.h>
10 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
11 #include <linux/freezer.h>
14 * freezing is complete, mark current process as frozen
16 static inline void frozen_process(void)
18 if (!unlikely(current->flags & PF_NOFREEZE)) {
19 current->flags |= PF_FROZEN;
20 smp_wmb();
22 clear_freeze_flag(current);
25 /* Refrigerator is place where frozen processes are stored :-). */
26 void refrigerator(void)
28 /* Hmm, should we be allowed to suspend when there are realtime
29 processes around? */
30 long save;
32 task_lock(current);
33 if (freezing(current)) {
34 frozen_process();
35 task_unlock(current);
36 } else {
37 task_unlock(current);
38 return;
40 save = current->state;
41 pr_debug("%s entered refrigerator\n", current->comm);
43 spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
44 recalc_sigpending(); /* We sent fake signal, clean it up */
45 spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
47 /* prevent accounting of that task to load */
48 current->flags |= PF_FREEZING;
50 for (;;) {
51 set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
52 if (!frozen(current))
53 break;
54 schedule();
57 /* Remove the accounting blocker */
58 current->flags &= ~PF_FREEZING;
60 pr_debug("%s left refrigerator\n", current->comm);
61 __set_current_state(save);
63 EXPORT_SYMBOL(refrigerator);
65 static void fake_signal_wake_up(struct task_struct *p)
67 unsigned long flags;
69 spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
70 signal_wake_up(p, 0);
71 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
74 /**
75 * freeze_task - send a freeze request to given task
76 * @p: task to send the request to
77 * @sig_only: if set, the request will only be sent if the task has the
78 * PF_FREEZER_NOSIG flag unset
79 * Return value: 'false', if @sig_only is set and the task has
80 * PF_FREEZER_NOSIG set or the task is frozen, 'true', otherwise
82 * The freeze request is sent by setting the tasks's TIF_FREEZE flag and
83 * either sending a fake signal to it or waking it up, depending on whether
84 * or not it has PF_FREEZER_NOSIG set. If @sig_only is set and the task
85 * has PF_FREEZER_NOSIG set (ie. it is a typical kernel thread), its
86 * TIF_FREEZE flag will not be set.
88 bool freeze_task(struct task_struct *p, bool sig_only)
91 * We first check if the task is freezing and next if it has already
92 * been frozen to avoid the race with frozen_process() which first marks
93 * the task as frozen and next clears its TIF_FREEZE.
95 if (!freezing(p)) {
96 smp_rmb();
97 if (frozen(p))
98 return false;
100 if (!sig_only || should_send_signal(p))
101 set_freeze_flag(p);
102 else
103 return false;
106 if (should_send_signal(p)) {
107 fake_signal_wake_up(p);
109 * fake_signal_wake_up() goes through p's scheduler
110 * lock and guarantees that TASK_STOPPED/TRACED ->
111 * TASK_RUNNING transition can't race with task state
112 * testing in try_to_freeze_tasks().
114 } else if (sig_only) {
115 return false;
116 } else {
117 wake_up_state(p, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
120 return true;
123 void cancel_freezing(struct task_struct *p)
125 unsigned long flags;
127 if (freezing(p)) {
128 pr_debug(" clean up: %s\n", p->comm);
129 clear_freeze_flag(p);
130 spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
131 recalc_sigpending_and_wake(p);
132 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
136 static int __thaw_process(struct task_struct *p)
138 if (frozen(p)) {
139 p->flags &= ~PF_FROZEN;
140 return 1;
142 clear_freeze_flag(p);
143 return 0;
147 * Wake up a frozen process
149 * task_lock() is needed to prevent the race with refrigerator() which may
150 * occur if the freezing of tasks fails. Namely, without the lock, if the
151 * freezing of tasks failed, thaw_tasks() might have run before a task in
152 * refrigerator() could call frozen_process(), in which case the task would be
153 * frozen and no one would thaw it.
155 int thaw_process(struct task_struct *p)
157 task_lock(p);
158 if (__thaw_process(p) == 1) {
159 task_unlock(p);
160 wake_up_process(p);
161 return 1;
163 task_unlock(p);
164 return 0;
166 EXPORT_SYMBOL(thaw_process);