Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:52:39 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 0/2] Kernel: mutex_lock_killable |
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* Liam Howlett <howlett@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > This series of patches add the ability to make mutex locks killable > instead of uninterruptable. > > This patch set builds on willys 5 patches for TASK_KILLABLE that are > currently in mm (see http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/18/423 for more > details). I have used 2.6.24-rc3 with the addition of willys patches. > > The first patch adds the mutex_lock_killable to the kernel/mutex.c and > kernel/mutex.h. > > The second patch is a use of the mutex_lock_killable to fs/readdir.c > to use the new mutex_lock_killable. This was enough for a small test > application to be killable once the ethernet was pulled on an nfs > mount (please note that this does not allow a normal ls to be killed > yet).
nice patches!
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Ingo
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