linux-kernel - Re: Pull request: TASK

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:45:04 -0500
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Pull request: TASK_KILLABLE


On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 11:48 +1100, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > 
> > To allow tasks to be interrupted by fatal signals, we introduce a new
> > TASK_* bit; TASK_WAKEKILL.  We also add a predicate fatal_signal_pending;
> > the counterpart of signal_pending().  Then we add killable versions
> > of lock_page(), mutex_lock(), schedule_timeout(), wait_event(), and
> > wait_for_completion().  Finally, we can make the NFS 'intr' mount option
> > a no-op.
> 
> Ok, I've pulled this. It conflicted with some NFS changes, but I did what 
> appeared to be the obvious conflict resolution, and it all at least 
> compiles and it looked sane to me. But I don't have NFS enabled normally, 
> and I certainly don't have a good way to test with my laptop while in 
> Melbourne, so Trond/Matthew, can you please double- and triple-check my 
> merge?

Hmm... The current code won't compile as a module. We're at least going
to require something like the attached patch.

Cheers
  Trond

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