Re: [PATCH] Additional/catchup RCU signal fixes for -mm

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On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 05:46:09PM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > 
> > "Paul E. McKenney" wrote:
> > >
> > > +       if (p->sighand == NULL) {
> > > +               ret = 1;
> > 
> > Oh, I think there is another problem here. I'll post a separate
> > message.
> 
> Sorry, I was not clear. This problem is unrelated. Yes, I think we
> should drop the signal. But please note that ret = 1 (sig_ignored)
> means (surprise!) "reschedule and re-arm this timer right now" in
> cpu-timer case. It is not critical, but may be ret = 0 is better.

OK.  Seems like the next firing of the timer would then see the
changed situation, so the current code should at least be safe.

Thoughts?

						Thanx, Paul
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