Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/4][PoC][RFC] sched: Allow to get() and put() signal struct | From | Krzysztof Opasiak <> | Date | Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:33:12 +0200 |
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On 10/19/2017 09:34 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:32:27PM +0200, Krzysztof Opasiak wrote: >> Allow to get() and put() signal struct from different >> parts of kernel core, not only from signal.c. > > That says what this does, but not _why_. Who would ever want to have > access to these internal-only functions? >
Those functions are exposed because I added rlimit-events context to the signal_struct and because I'm accessing signal struct of subject (process that's being monitored) from context of monitor I need to ensure that this structure won't go away until I release all watchers that were associated with that process.
Best regards, -- Krzysztof Opasiak Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics
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