Argh, no. PF_NOFREEZE is inherited by the children.
So, I think that your patch is correct, but there's some suspend2-specific
stuff in it. I've rediffed it against 2.6.23-rc6 and moved try_to_freeze()
before yield().
---
From: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net>
Commit 831441862956fffa17b9801db37e6ea1650b0f69 (Freezer: make kernel threads
nonfreezable by default) breaks freezing when attempting to resume from an
initrd, because the init (which is freezeable) spins while waiting for another
thread to run /linuxrc, but doesn't check whether it has been told to enter
the refrigerator. The original patch replaced a call to try_to_freeze() with a
call to yield(). I believe a simple reversion is wrong because
if !CONFIG_PM_SLEEP, try_to_freeze() is a noop. It should still yield.
Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
---
init/do_mounts_initrd.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux-2.6.23-rc6/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc6.orig/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc6/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
pid = kernel_thread(do_linuxrc, "/linuxrc", SIGCHLD);
if (pid > 0)
- while (pid != sys_wait4(-1, NULL, 0, NULL))
+ while (pid != sys_wait4(-1, NULL, 0, NULL)) {
+ try_to_freeze();
yield();
+ }
/* move initrd to rootfs' /old */
sys_fchdir(old_fd);
-
