Re: [PATCH] Use ERESTARTNOHAND if poll() is interrupted by a signal

[Chris Wright]

* Oleg Nesterov (oleg@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > I am not sure. This means we restart sys_poll() with the same timeout
> > if there is no pending signal. I think we need ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK
> > logic.
> 
> Forgot to mention, sys_select() can use ERESTARTNOHAND because it
> modifies "struct timeval __user *tvp" before return, but sys_poll()
> gets timeout_msecs by value.

Yeah, you're right.  Means sys_poll with STOP/CONT cycles going in
background (and no fds ready) would never return.
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