From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] delay.h: add __must_check to msleep_interruptible
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:20:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101216002010.2ae6b9cb.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101216061711.GC26083@jasper.tkos.co.il>
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:17:11 +0200 Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 10:55:41AM +0200, Baruch Siach wrote:
> > Code calling msleep_interruptible() must be aware that sleep time might be
> > shorter than intended as a result of a signal being caught. Code not checking
> > the return value of msleep_interruptible() is probably buggy, unless it's doing
> > the signal_pending() check itself, which is redundant.
>
> Ping?
Stuck in my backlog. Delayed but not forgotten.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-16 8:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-04 8:55 [PATCH] delay.h: add __must_check to msleep_interruptible Baruch Siach
2010-12-16 6:17 ` Baruch Siach
2010-12-16 8:20 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2010-12-17 23:49 ` Andrew Morton
2010-12-17 23:55 ` Andrew Morton
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