On 16 September 2015 at 02:41, Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> wrote: > ping ;) > > Andrew, should I re-send this patch? It was acked by Daniel and Dave > doesn't object. > > Dave, I'll appreciate it if you ack it explicitly. > > > On 08/27, Oleg Nesterov wrote: >> >> It is hardly possible to enumerate all problems with block_all_signals() >> and unblock_all_signals(). Just for example, >> >> 1. block_all_signals(SIGSTOP/etc) simply can't help if the caller is >> multithreaded. Another thread can dequeue the signal and force the >> group stop. >> >> 2. Even is the caller is single-threaded, it will "stop" anyway. It >> will not sleep, but it will spin in kernel space until SIGCONT or >> SIGKILL. >> >> And a lot more. In short, this interface doesn't work at all, at least >> the last 10+ years. >> >> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Dave Airlie <[email protected]> Probably best to go via Andrew alright. Dave. -- 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/
