linux/include
Matt Helsley 83224b0837 container freezer: add TIF_FREEZE flag to all architectures
This patch series introduces a cgroup subsystem that utilizes the swsusp
freezer to freeze a group of tasks.  It's immediately useful for batch job
management scripts.  It should also be useful in the future for
implementing container checkpoint/restart.

The freezer subsystem in the container filesystem defines a cgroup file
named freezer.state.  Reading freezer.state will return the current state
of the cgroup.  Writing "FROZEN" to the state file will freeze all tasks
in the cgroup.  Subsequently writing "RUNNING" will unfreeze the tasks in
the cgroup.

* Examples of usage :

   # mkdir /containers/freezer
   # mount -t cgroup -ofreezer freezer  /containers
   # mkdir /containers/0
   # echo $some_pid > /containers/0/tasks

to get status of the freezer subsystem :

   # cat /containers/0/freezer.state
   RUNNING

to freeze all tasks in the container :

   # echo FROZEN > /containers/0/freezer.state
   # cat /containers/0/freezer.state
   FREEZING
   # cat /containers/0/freezer.state
   FROZEN

to unfreeze all tasks in the container :

   # echo RUNNING > /containers/0/freezer.state
   # cat /containers/0/freezer.state
   RUNNING

This patch:

The first step in making the refrigerator() available to all
architectures, even for those without power management.

The purpose of such a change is to be able to use the refrigerator() in a
new control group subsystem which will implement a control group freezer.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix sparc]
Signed-off-by: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Acked-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@tuxonice.net>
Tested-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-20 08:52:33 -07:00
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acpi include: replace __FUNCTION__ with __func__ 2008-10-16 11:21:30 -07:00
asm-arm [ARM] S3C24XX: Additional include moves 2008-10-07 23:09:51 +01:00
asm-cris container freezer: add TIF_FREEZE flag to all architectures 2008-10-20 08:52:33 -07:00
asm-frv FRV: Switch unaligned access to the packed-struct implementation 2008-10-16 15:06:54 -07:00
asm-generic Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 2008-10-16 12:40:26 -07:00
asm-h8300 h8300: update timer handler - new files 2008-10-16 11:21:29 -07:00
asm-m32r [PATCH] remove unused ibcs2/PER_SVR4 in SET_PERSONALITY 2008-10-16 15:40:05 +02:00
asm-m68k container freezer: add TIF_FREEZE flag to all architectures 2008-10-20 08:52:33 -07:00
asm-mn10300 [PATCH] remove unused ibcs2/PER_SVR4 in SET_PERSONALITY 2008-10-16 15:40:05 +02:00
asm-parisc container freezer: add TIF_FREEZE flag to all architectures 2008-10-20 08:52:33 -07:00
asm-um container freezer: add TIF_FREEZE flag to all architectures 2008-10-20 08:52:33 -07:00
asm-x86 Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm 2008-10-16 15:36:00 -07:00
asm-xtensa container freezer: add TIF_FREEZE flag to all architectures 2008-10-20 08:52:33 -07:00
crypto crypto: rng - RNG interface and implementation 2008-08-29 15:50:04 +10:00
drm radeon: fix PCI bus mastering support enables. 2008-10-18 07:10:54 +10:00
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linux coredump_filter: add hugepage dumping 2008-10-20 08:52:32 -07:00
math-emu math-emu: Add support for reporting exact invalid exception 2008-09-16 10:01:37 -05:00
media V4L/DVB (9276): videobuf-dvb: two functions are now static 2008-10-17 17:39:14 -03:00
mtd
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-10-16 11:26:26 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia: ioctl-internal definitions 2008-08-31 16:00:42 +02:00
rdma
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scsi [SCSI] iscsi_tcp: return a descriptive error value during connection errors 2008-10-13 09:29:00 -04:00
sound Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 2008-10-13 14:03:59 -07:00
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