Re: 8139too termination

[Robert Kuebel <kuebelr@email.uc.edu>]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 04:30:40PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Robert Kuebel wrote:
> > 
> > what about changing doing
> >         spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
> >         sigfillset(&current->blocked);  /* block all sig's */
> >         recalc_sigpending(current);
> >         spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
> > 
> > instead of
> > 
> >         spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
> >         sigemptyset(&current->blocked);
> >         recalc_sigpending(current);
> >         spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
> > 
> > and replacing the signal_pending() stuff in the loops of
> > rtl8139_thread() with checks for tp->diediedie?
> 
> If you block all the signals then the kill_proc() won't
> bring the thread out of interruptible sleep?

right, you would have to take out the kill_proc().
can't you just let the thread return and not use kill_proc()?  i have
been checking out the reiserfsd thread.

i could be missing something.