Re: [RFC PATCH] freezer: revert 27920651fe "PM / Freezer: Makefake_signal_wake_up() wake TASK_KILLABLE tasks too"

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Nov 01 2011 - 12:55:44 EST


Hello,

On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 12:49:31PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > #define wait_event_freezekillable(wq, condition) \
> > do { \
> > DEFINE_WAIT(__wait); \
> > for (;;) { \
> > prepare_to_wait(&wq, &__wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); \
> > if (condition || fatal_signal_pending(current)) \
> > break; \
> > schedule(); \
> > try_to_freeze(); \
> > } \
> > finish_wait(&wq, &__wait); \
> > } while (0)
>
> Err... Won't this end up busy-waiting if a non-fatal signal is received?

Ah... right, forgot about signal_pending_state() special case in
schedule(). Any better ideas, anyone?

--
tejun
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