From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Anderson Subject: Re: [PATCH] Eliminate signals entirely from the mid-layer Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:01:26 -0800 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030110220126.GB1143@beaverton.ibm.com> References: <200301102119.h0ALJUf05888@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200301102119.h0ALJUf05888@localhost.localdomain> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James Bottomley Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org James Bottomley [James.Bottomley@steeleye.com] wrote: > the attached patch removes SCSI's use of signals for killing the error handler > thread. It also: > > - changes the eh_notify semaphore to a completion > - adds complete_and_exit() to the thread > - uses a host structure flag to signal thread death instead of the signal > > I'm currently travelling, so could someone test it out for me? Thanks, I will try to test it today or tomorrow. I am already setup for some error handler fault tests for a qlogicisp error handling update. -andmike -- Michael Anderson andmike@us.ibm.com