Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all architectures

[Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>]

(trimmed Cc)

Satyam Sharma wrote:
> [PATCH] ieee1394: Fix kthread stopping in nodemgr_host_thread
> 
> The nodemgr host thread can exit on its own even when kthread_should_stop
> is not true, on receiving a signal (might never happen in practice, as
> it ignores signals). But considering kthread_stop() must not be mixed with
> kthreads that can exit on their own, I think changing the code like this
> is clearer. This change means the thread can cut its sleep short when
> receive a signal but looking at the code around, that sounds okay (and
> again, it might never actually recieve a signal in practice).

Thanks, committed to linux1394-2.6.git.
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