Re: [PATCH 02/14] aoe: kernel thread handles I/O completions for simple locking

From: Ed Cashin
Date: Fri Aug 24 2012 - 20:35:52 EST


Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:24:08 -0400
> Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
>> + sigfillset(&blocked);
>> + sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &blocked, NULL);
>> + flush_signals(current);
>
> This is a kernel thread - it shouldn't need to fiddle with signals.
...

Thanks for the feedback. I'll try out your suggestions and return with
changes and explanations.

--
Ed

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