freezer_change_state(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this page is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about freezer_change_state — the function that changes the freezing state of a cgroup_freezer ✨🧊

🧊 SYNOPSIS 🧊

void freezer_change_state (struct freezer *freezer , bool freeze );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• freezer — the freezer of interest, aka the one we're looking at 👀🧊
• freeze — tells it whether to freeze or thaw 🥶🔥

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Freeze or thaw freezer according to freeze, bestie 💅

The operations are recursive — no cap, all descendants of freezer will be affected 👑✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go peek at these too, iykyk 👀

• Kernel file ./kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c
• freezer_css_online(9)
• freezer_css_offline(9)
• freezer_fork(9)
• update_if_frozen(9)
• freezer_apply_state(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 this page lives in ./kernel/cgroup, is dated October 2026, and it's still iconic as freezer_change_state(9) 💖✨