Re: [PATCH 20/40] mn10300: Use set_current_blocked() andblock_sigmask()

[Matt Fleming]

On Tue, 2012-02-14 at 18:30 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > Can this line create a race, now that it's not protected by a lock?  It is
> > > possible for current->blocked to get altered by another thread.
> > 
> > ->blocked can only ever be altered by current, not another thread. See
> > the following comment from sigprocmask() in kernel/signal.c,
> 
> Okay, I've managed to convince myself.  Feel free to my Acked-by to the
> MN10300 and FRV patches.

Thanks! I think Andrew is picking these up, unless you want to take them
through the arch trees?

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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