Re: [PATCH][WIP v1] aio: experimental use of threads, demonstration of cancel method

[Benjamin LaHaise]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 03:53:28PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> If the kiocb has been cancelled, this code ensures that the helper thread 
> has received the SIGSEGV.  This ensures that the signal can then be flushed 
> by flush_signals().  If the kiocb has not been cancelled, it can no longer 
> be cancelled after the cmpxchg() has executed.

Whoops, SIGSEGV will certainly need special handling.  The cancel code 
should really be using SIGKILL.  I will add that to the list of things 
to fix.

		-ben
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