Hi!

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> > > So, this means, on suspend():
> > > 
> > > 1. Don't worry about TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
> > > 2. Do worry about TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
> > > We have to cease IO and must not call wake_up_interruptible()
> > 
> > "cease IO"? No, I believe it is enough not to start new I/O. Userspace
> > is frozen at that point, it can't ask you to do I/O.
> >
> > > Isn't that a race until suspend() is called?
> > 
> > I do not think so.
> 
> What about URBs in flight which are waited for with TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE?

Same thing as if someone sent a signal to that process. (We are
talking about user processes here, right? Kernel threads have to take
care themselves).

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> > > On resume():
> > > 
> > > 1. Don't worry about TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
> > > 2. Do not restart IO that may call wake_up_interruptible()
> > > 
> > > When do we restart such IO?
> > 
> > We reuse signal handling code to do that for us. It is same situation
> > as when someone signals task doing I/O.
> 
> What happens to tasks in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE which are frozen?
> Are they interrupted and frozen?

Interrupted with fake signal, then frozen, yes.
									Pavel
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