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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Additional/catchup RCU signal fixes for -mm
On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 05:46:09PM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > "Paul E. McKenney" wrote:
> > >
> > > + if (p->sighand == NULL) {
> > > + ret = 1;
> >
> > Oh, I think there is another problem here. I'll post a separate
> > message.
>
> Sorry, I was not clear. This problem is unrelated. Yes, I think we
> should drop the signal. But please note that ret = 1 (sig_ignored)
> means (surprise!) "reschedule and re-arm this timer right now" in
> cpu-timer case. It is not critical, but may be ret = 0 is better.

OK. Seems like the next firing of the timer would then see the
changed situation, so the current code should at least be safe.

Thoughts?

Thanx, Paul
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