Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:32:05 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] signals: work around random wakeups in sigsuspend() |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:21:46 -0500 Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> wrote:
> A random wakeup can get us out of sigsuspend() without TIF_SIGPENDING > being set. > > Avoid that by making sure we were signaled, like sys_pause() does.
What we're lacking here is any description of the end-user-visible effects of the bug. Enough for people to be able to decide (and to recognize!) whether their kernel needs this patch.</stdrefrain>
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