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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:55:34 +0400 From: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: madhu.cr@...com, gadiyar@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] HDQ Driver for OMAP2430/3430 On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 07:30:58AM -0700, Andrew Morton (akpm@...ux-foundation.org) wrote: > > Why not just skipping the waiting and returning error pretending user > > really sent a signal? > > Better than nothing, but because signal_pending() isn't actually true, > upper layers wil behave differently. If they check... For example omap_hdq_break() can be interrupted and omap_hdq_probe() does not check its return value. -- Evgeniy Polyakov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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