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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg-6lXkIZvqkOAvJsYlp49lxw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Andrew Morton
	<akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>,
	Martin Schwidefsky
	<schwidefsky-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-s390-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	tony.luck-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	linux-ia64-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-arch-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] set_restore_sigmask TIF_SIGPENDING
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:53:15 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0804080748320.2886@woody.linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080408113519.GA227-6lXkIZvqkOAvJsYlp49lxw@public.gmane.org>



On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> 
> We only need this flag as an implicit parameter to the arch dependent do_signal()
> which we can't call directly, and thus it must imply TIF_SIGPENDING, and it
> is not valid after do_signal() (should be cleared). This all looks like
> ERESTART_ magic, why should we add something else ?

I think you're right. I didn't look at the actual code-paths, but my gut 
feel says "yes, TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK should actually have been 
-ERESTARTSIGRESTORE". That sounds like the right thing to do.

		Linus

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, tony.luck@intel.com,
	linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] set_restore_sigmask TIF_SIGPENDING
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:53:15 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0804080748320.2886@woody.linux-foundation.org> (raw)
Message-ID: <20080408145315.FWeNzQ2KWgF8-YCHSOA53LASPyx3Hh2xpwbRdj_jitU@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080408113519.GA227@tv-sign.ru>



On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> 
> We only need this flag as an implicit parameter to the arch dependent do_signal()
> which we can't call directly, and thus it must imply TIF_SIGPENDING, and it
> is not valid after do_signal() (should be cleared). This all looks like
> ERESTART_ magic, why should we add something else ?

I think you're right. I didn't look at the actual code-paths, but my gut 
feel says "yes, TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK should actually have been 
-ERESTARTSIGRESTORE". That sounds like the right thing to do.

		Linus

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-04-08 14:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-29  0:12 [PATCH 1/4] set_restore_sigmask Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  0:12 ` Roland McGrath
     [not found] ` <20080329001230.D013726FA1D-nL1rrgvulkcB9AHHLWeGtNQXobZC6xk2@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-29  0:13   ` [PATCH 2/4] set_restore_sigmask TIF_SIGPENDING Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  0:13     ` Roland McGrath
     [not found]     ` <20080329001341.7F93826FA1D-nL1rrgvulkcB9AHHLWeGtNQXobZC6xk2@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-29  0:53       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-03-29  0:53         ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]         ` <alpine.LFD.1.00.0803281746480.14670-5CScLwifNT1QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-29  2:24           ` Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  2:24             ` Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  2:52             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-03-29  2:52               ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]               ` <alpine.LFD.1.00.0803281942440.14670-5CScLwifNT1QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-29  3:12                 ` Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  3:12                   ` Roland McGrath
     [not found]             ` <20080329022408.0DD4726FA1D-nL1rrgvulkcB9AHHLWeGtNQXobZC6xk2@public.gmane.org>
2008-03-29  3:11               ` [PATCH 1/2] HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  3:11                 ` Roland McGrath
2008-04-09 11:45                 ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-09 11:45                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-10 20:32                   ` Russell King
2008-04-10 20:32                     ` Russell King
     [not found]                     ` <20080410203250.GA21589-f404yB8NqCZvn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-11 13:40                       ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-11 13:40                         ` David Woodhouse
2008-03-29  3:14             ` Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  3:14               ` Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  3:14               ` [PATCH 2/2] x86 TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  3:14                 ` Roland McGrath
2008-03-31 13:01                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-31 13:01                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-31 19:30                   ` Roland McGrath
2008-03-31 19:30                     ` Roland McGrath
2008-03-30 10:53           ` [PATCH 2/4] set_restore_sigmask TIF_SIGPENDING Paul Mackerras
2008-03-30 10:53             ` Paul Mackerras
2008-04-08 11:35           ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-04-08 11:35             ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]             ` <20080408113519.GA227-6lXkIZvqkOAvJsYlp49lxw@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-08 14:53               ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2008-04-08 14:53                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-08 19:51               ` Roland McGrath
2008-04-08 19:51                 ` Roland McGrath
2008-04-09 11:16             ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-09 11:16               ` David Woodhouse
     [not found]               ` <1207739787.27048.57.camel-Fexsq3y4057IgHVZqg5X0TlWvGAXklZc@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-09 11:39                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-04-09 11:39                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-04-09 12:57                   ` Petr Tesarik
2008-04-09 12:57                     ` Petr Tesarik
     [not found]                   ` <20080409113939.GA99-6lXkIZvqkOAvJsYlp49lxw@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-09 16:14                     ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-09 16:14                       ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-09 16:22                       ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-04-09 16:22                         ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-04-09 18:40                         ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-09 18:40                           ` David Woodhouse
2008-03-29  0:14   ` [PATCH 3/4] s390 renumber TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  0:14     ` Roland McGrath
2008-03-31  7:53     ` Martin Schwidefsky
2008-03-31  7:53       ` Martin Schwidefsky
2008-03-29  0:14 ` [PATCH 4/4] ia64 " Roland McGrath
2008-03-29  0:14   ` Roland McGrath

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