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.
