freezing_slow_path(9)

✨ freezing_slow_path(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to freezing_slow_path(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes it's a manual page, yes it's about the freezer, and yes we're gonna get through this together 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

freezing_slow_path — the slow path for testing whether a task needs to be frozen 🧊

like, there's a fast path and then there's this one. the vibes are "we're checking properly this time."

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool freezing_slow_path (struct task_struct *p );

it returns a bool, it takes one pointer, and it's giving very "small function, big responsibility" energy. 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• p — the task to be tested 🫶 like, the actual struct task_struct * we're asking about. that's the one.

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so here's the tea ☕ — this function gets called by freezing if freezer_active isn't zero, and it tests whether p needs to enter and stay in the frozen state. 🥶

can be called under any context. any. context. no cap. 🌈

the freezers are responsible for ensuring the target tasks see the updated state — that part is on them, not on this function, so don't come for this function about it 💅

ngl the whole point here is: this is the slow path, so it's doing the careful check. the fast path handled the easy cases already. 🧚

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./kernel/freezer.c — the actual source, go read it, it's iconic
• freeze_task(9)
• set_freezable(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🍓 it lives in ./kernel, it's dated October 2026, and honestly? it ate. periodt. 💜🎀