Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] kthreads: allow_signal: don't play with ->blocked | From | Matt Fleming <> | Date | Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:50:22 +0100 |
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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?
-- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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