[PATCH] Cleanup patch for process freezing

1. Establish a simple API for process freezing defined in linux/include/sched.h:

   frozen(process)		Check for frozen process
   freezing(process)		Check if a process is being frozen
   freeze(process)		Tell a process to freeze (go to refrigerator)
   thaw_process(process)	Restart process
   frozen_process(process)	Process is frozen now

2. Remove all references to PF_FREEZE and PF_FROZEN from all
   kernel sources except sched.h

3. Fix numerous locations where try_to_freeze is manually done by a driver

4. Remove the argument that is no longer necessary from two function calls.

5. Some whitespace cleanup

6. Clear potential race in refrigerator (provides an open window of PF_FREEZE
   cleared before setting PF_FROZEN, recalc_sigpending does not check
   PF_FROZEN).

This patch does not address the problem of freeze_processes() violating the rule
that a task may only modify its own flags by setting PF_FREEZE. This is not clean
in an SMP environment. freeze(process) is therefore not SMP safe!

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
index 8cbaaff..121c981 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
@@ -2788,9 +2788,9 @@ int jfs_lazycommit(void *arg)
 		/* In case a wakeup came while all threads were active */
 		jfs_commit_thread_waking = 0;
 
-		if (current->flags & PF_FREEZE) {
+		if (freezing(current)) {
 			LAZY_UNLOCK(flags);
-			refrigerator(PF_FREEZE);
+			refrigerator();
 		} else {
 			DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wq, current);
 
@@ -2987,9 +2987,9 @@ int jfs_sync(void *arg)
 		/* Add anon_list2 back to anon_list */
 		list_splice_init(&TxAnchor.anon_list2, &TxAnchor.anon_list);
 
-		if (current->flags & PF_FREEZE) {
+		if (freezing(current)) {
 			TXN_UNLOCK();
-			refrigerator(PF_FREEZE);
+			refrigerator();
 		} else {
 			DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wq, current);