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On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 02:49:32AM +0100, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > > Hi Andrew! Folks! > > just stumbled over the following issue with loop_set_fd() > calling kernel_thread(loop_thread), ignoring the return > value, even if it is an error, then doing wait_for_completion() > on the device, which, in beforementioned error case, would > wait forever (keeping a process stuck in 'D' state) > > I can imagine at least three other solutions, but this > one seemed quite organic to me, YMMV ... Best thing would be to switch it to the kthread_ API. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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