From: Martin Fuzzey <mfuzzey@parkeon.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: request_firmware() should propagate -ERESTARTSYS
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 16:32:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <59244811.7080401@parkeon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170523133112.GA5059@kroah.com>
On 23/05/17 15:31, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 03:16:07PM +0200, Martin Fuzzey wrote:
>> When -ERESTARTSYS is returned by wait_* due to a signal this should
>> be returned from request_firmware() so that the syscall may be
>> restarted if necessary.
>>
>>
>> Nice find, should this go to the stable kernels as well?
Yes I think it should.
I have already applied a similar patch to my 4.4 tree.
The exact same patch won't apply since the code has changed a bit since.
So I was planning on sending for -stable-4.4 once it's in mainline.
Regards,
Martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-23 14:33 UTC|newest]
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2017-05-23 13:16 [PATCH] firmware: request_firmware() should propagate -ERESTARTSYS Martin Fuzzey
2017-05-23 13:31 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-05-23 14:32 ` Martin Fuzzey [this message]
2017-05-23 19:55 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-24 20:56 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-24 21:40 ` [PATCH v2] firmware: fix sending -ERESTARTSYS due to signal on fallback Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-24 22:00 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-05-24 22:38 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-24 22:38 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-25 4:13 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-05-25 4:13 ` Andy Lutomirski
[not found] ` <CALCETrU4__YUGk36PN=FbuEf0SBaTrxQQqm4sWs2NrZ+6WN7jA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-05-25 8:28 ` Fuzzey, Martin
2017-05-25 8:28 ` Fuzzey, Martin
2017-05-26 11:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-05-26 11:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <87fufr3mdy.fsf-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-05-26 19:46 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-26 19:46 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-26 21:26 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-05-26 21:26 ` Dmitry Torokhov
[not found] ` <CAKdAkRTrcTVOAP5GK-R=Au_tL5WqSn5UkQEzNe5NcCWXS8mbtA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-05-26 21:32 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-26 21:32 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-26 21:55 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-05-26 21:55 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-06-05 20:24 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-05 20:24 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
[not found] ` <20170605202410.GQ8951-B4tOwbsTzaBolqkO4TVVkw@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-06 9:04 ` Martin Fuzzey
2017-06-06 9:04 ` Martin Fuzzey
[not found] ` <59367025.3020901-mB3Nsq4MPf1BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-06 16:34 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-06 16:34 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
[not found] ` <20170606163401.GA27288-B4tOwbsTzaBolqkO4TVVkw@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-06 17:52 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-06 17:52 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-06 14:53 ` Alan Cox
2017-06-06 14:53 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <1496760796.5682.48.camel-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-06 16:47 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-06 16:47 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
[not found] ` <20170606164734.GB27288-B4tOwbsTzaBolqkO4TVVkw@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-06 17:54 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-06 17:54 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-06 22:11 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-06-06 22:11 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20170606221151.ygoxqkwhhjsqw632-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-07 0:22 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-07 0:22 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
[not found] ` <20170607002237.GJ27288-B4tOwbsTzaBolqkO4TVVkw@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-07 4:56 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-07 4:56 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-07 6:25 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-06-07 6:25 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-06-07 12:25 ` Alan Cox
2017-06-07 12:25 ` Alan Cox
2017-06-07 17:15 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-07 17:15 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-09 1:14 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-09 1:14 ` Andy Lutomirski
[not found] ` <CALCETrXbHpkN9Pujj=U1VpAR9MTOyCAqCtL0=7-vb1EdpEwCMg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-09 1:33 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-09 1:33 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
[not found] ` <CAB=NE6USSj0sBzJSFOyyRQu=0rQXdbHc2+GNk1fse+Y8H6TrgQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-09 21:29 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-09 21:29 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
[not found] ` <CANh8QzwPb_+RKs5QVt7mdFk8h_rOMVS3j9m0OADgvzBtNqBBLg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-05-26 19:40 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-26 19:40 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
[not found] ` <20170526194001.GR8951-B4tOwbsTzaBolqkO4TVVkw@public.gmane.org>
2017-05-26 20:23 ` Fuzzey, Martin
2017-05-26 20:23 ` Fuzzey, Martin
[not found] ` <CANh8QzyqQ5hubWJvWYxgoQ3baL6sgoQPSzEHMY0tu8WNGS2gZA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-05-26 20:52 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-26 20:52 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-07 17:08 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-07 17:08 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-07 17:54 ` Martin Fuzzey
2017-06-07 17:54 ` Martin Fuzzey
[not found] ` <59383DDA.3040702-mB3Nsq4MPf1BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-09 1:10 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-09 1:10 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-09 1:57 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-09 1:57 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
[not found] ` <CAB=NE6UQZMmLvxTu7RcFHh3neAh+RFpTTFCSwJ8_EsmmtEq94Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-09 7:40 ` Martin Fuzzey
2017-06-09 7:40 ` Martin Fuzzey
[not found] ` <593A50FF.40604-mB3Nsq4MPf1BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-09 21:12 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-09 21:12 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-09 22:55 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-09 22:55 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
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