Re: [PATCH] sched/wait: Fix the signal handling fix

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 07:50:04PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > +			ret = (*action)(&q->key, mode);
> 
> And every action() should check signal_pending_state()...
> 
> So why we can't change __wait_on_bit/etc instead and remove all the signal-
> pending checks from the callbacks? It seems that we can just check
> signal_pending_state() before prepare_to_wait(). Or perhaps we can add
> another helper which acts like prepare_to_wait_event().
> 
> Yes, some callers want -EINTR, some -ERESTARTSYS, but this shouldn't be a
> problem.
> 
> And sorry if this was already discussed, another case when I am trying to
> return to lkml with a lot of unread emails.

Yes that looks like a viable cleanup. But at least now we have a base
that's working for everyone.

I'll try and do some patches tomorrow.
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