[PATCH 3/3] powerpc: ps3: Add missing set_freezable() for ps3_probe_thread()

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Thu Dec 21 22:17:39 AEDT 2023


Geoff Levand <geoff at infradead.org> writes:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> On 12/21/23 13:45, Kevin Hao wrote:
>> The kernel thread function ps3_probe_thread() invokes the try_to_freeze()
>> in its loop. But all the kernel threads are non-freezable by default.
>> So if we want to make a kernel thread to be freezable, we have to invoke
>> set_freezable() explicitly.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <haokexin at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
>> index e87360a0fb40..878bc160246e 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c
>> @@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ static int ps3_probe_thread(void *data)
>>  	if (res)
>>  		goto fail_free_irq;
>>  
>> +	set_freezable();
>>  	/* Loop here processing the requested notification events. */
>>  	do {
>>  		try_to_freeze();
>
> Seems like a reasonable addition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoff at infradead.org>

I turned that into an Acked-by, which I think is what you meant :)

cheers


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