Am Sonntag, 7. November 2004 20:47 schrieb Luca Risolia:
> On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:24:04 +0100
> Oliver Neukum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Am Sonntag, 7. November 2004 20:19 schrieb Luca Risolia:
> > > On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:45:49 +0100
> > > Oliver Neukum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Am Sonntag, 7. November 2004 14:25 schrieb Luca Risolia:
> > > > > +int sn9c102_stream_interrupt(struct sn9c102_device* cam)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +�������int err = 0;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +�������cam->stream = STREAM_INTERRUPT;
> > > > > +�������err = wait_event_interruptible(cam->wait_stream,
> > > > > +������� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � (cam->stream == STREAM_OFF) ||
> > > > > +������� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � (cam->state &
> > > > > DEV_DISCONNECTED));
> > > > > +�������if (err) {
> > > > > +���������������cam->state |= DEV_MISCONFIGURED;
> > > >
> > > > This looks odd. Why would it be misconfigured?
> > > > Couldn't something harmless happen, like a timer going off or a
> > > > window resize?
> > >
> > > I don't understand your question.
>
>
> > > It is likely that the device is in a stall or unknown condition if
> > > the completion handler can not wake_up() before the process sleeping
> > > on the event is killed (for example).
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> > wait_event_interruptible is interrupted for _any_ signal, even those
> > that occur regularly under some conditions.
>
> > You cannot take that to indicate an error.
>
> It depends on the context where the above function is used, which is not
> evident from the patch.
Is it used within a kernel thread?
If not, any signal can arrive at any time through the kill syscall.
Regards
Oliver
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