On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 08:32:40PM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > I personally think we should do the opposite, add > kthread_should_stop_check_freeze() > or something. kthread_should_stop() is like signal_pending(), we can use > it under spin_lock (and it is probably used this way by some out-of-tree > driver). The new helper is obviously "might_sleep()".
Yes, I agree. It helps the caller explicitly know that this function -can- freeze. -- Regards, vatsa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
