On Friday 19 October 2007 08:26, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > Use TASK_KILLABLE to allow wait_on_retry_sync_kiocb to return -EINTR. > All callers then check the return value and break out of their loops. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > fs/read_write.c | 17 ++++++++++++----- > 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c > index 124693e..3196a3b 100644 > --- a/fs/read_write.c > +++ b/fs/read_write.c > @@ -218,14 +218,15 @@ Einval: > return -EINVAL; > } > > -static void wait_on_retry_sync_kiocb(struct kiocb *iocb) > +static int wait_on_retry_sync_kiocb(struct kiocb *iocb) > { > - set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); > + set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE); > if (!kiocbIsKicked(iocb)) > schedule(); > else > kiocbClearKicked(iocb); > __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); > + return fatal_signal_pending(current) ? -EINTR : 0;
Although the EINTR never gets to userspace anyway, is there a good reason why the last patch for do_generic_mapping_read doesn't pass back -EINTR? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/