Re: [PATCH 1/1] kthreads: allow_signal: don't play with ->blocked

Matt Fleming
2011-08-16T21:50:26Z

On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 21:51 +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
>
> I agree with the patchset but given that daemonize() isn't all that
> popular and you already posted most (or was it all?) conversions,
> wouldn't it be better to do this in a single patchset? ie. Convert
> all daemonize() users, kill daemonize(), and drop the hack from
> allow_signal().

But because daemonize() is exported by the kernel should it go through
the Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt procedure? And if so, can
the allow_signal() patch still go in before daemonize() is removed?

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center