linux/arch/sparc
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
..
boot sparc: Add target for a stripped kernel 2008-08-24 20:35:47 -07:00
include/asm container freezer: add TIF_FREEZE flag to all architectures 2008-10-20 08:52:33 -07:00
kernel sparc32: fix build errors 2008-10-12 23:55:45 -07:00
lib sparc: remove CVS keywords 2008-05-20 00:33:44 -07:00
math-emu sparc: remove CVS keywords 2008-05-20 00:33:44 -07:00
mm sparc32: add init memory poisoning 2008-09-03 16:29:42 -07:00
oprofile Combine instrumentation menus in kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation 2007-10-19 11:53:54 -07:00
prom sparc: remove CONFIG_SUN4 2008-08-31 20:59:37 -07:00
defconfig sparc: Add kgdb support. 2008-04-29 02:38:50 -07:00
Kconfig sparc32: use RTC subsystem 2008-09-03 15:52:38 -07:00
Kconfig.debug [SPARC32]: Add irqflags.h to sparc32 and use it from generic code. 2007-10-13 21:53:11 -07:00
Makefile sparc: Add target for a stripped kernel 2008-08-24 20:35:47 -07:00