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The problematic kthread freezer

The problematic kthread freezer

Posted Nov 7, 2016 19:30 UTC (Mon) by Alan.Stern (subscriber, #12437)
Parent article: The problematic kthread freezer

It's important not to go too far. Work queues are implemented as kernel threads, and there are legitimate reasons for a work queue to be freezable. I wouldn't want to see freezable work queues acting up at the wrong time simply because somebody had decided to stop freezing kernel threads.


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