Re: Use of yield() in the kernel

[Duncan Sands]

> > Here is the list of files using yield(), excluding non-i386 arch specific
> > files:
>
> ...
>
> > kernel/suspend.c
>
> This is okay.

Hi Pavel, I agree.  I have some questions about the code though:
when you come across a thread with (p->flags & PF_FROZEN), why
break out of the loop?  Why not just skip this thread and go on to the
next one?  Also, does it matter if the code doing the freezing is itself
frozen?

Ciao, Duncan.

PS: Here is the code, for reference:

        do {
                todo = 0;
                read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
                do_each_thread(g, p) {
                        unsigned long flags;
                        INTERESTING(p);
                        if (p->flags & PF_FROZEN)
                                continue;

                        /* FIXME: smp problem here: we may not access other proc
ess' flags
                           without locking */
                        p->flags |= PF_FREEZE;
                        spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sig->siglock, flags);
                        signal_wake_up(p);
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sig->siglock, flags);
                        todo++;
                } while_each_thread(g, p);
                read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
                yield();
                if (time_after(jiffies, start_time + TIMEOUT)) {
                        printk( "\n" );
                        return todo;
                }
        } while(todo);