linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] delay.h: add __must_check to msleep

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Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:17:11 +0200
From:	Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] delay.h: add __must_check to msleep_interruptible

Hi lkml,

On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 10:55:41AM +0200, Baruch Siach wrote:
> Code calling msleep_interruptible() must be aware that sleep time might be
> shorter than intended as a result of a signal being caught. Code not checking
> the return value of msleep_interruptible() is probably buggy, unless it's doing
> the signal_pending() check itself, which is redundant.

Ping?
Any reason not to apply this? This patch could have saved me from an incorrect 
handling of signaled userspace processes.

baruch

> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
> ---
>  include/linux/delay.h |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/delay.h b/include/linux/delay.h
> index a6ecb34..1be4994 100644
> --- a/include/linux/delay.h
> +++ b/include/linux/delay.h
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static inline void ndelay(unsigned long x)
>  extern unsigned long lpj_fine;
>  void calibrate_delay(void);
>  void msleep(unsigned int msecs);
> -unsigned long msleep_interruptible(unsigned int msecs);
> +unsigned long __must_check msleep_interruptible(unsigned int msecs);
>  void usleep_range(unsigned long min, unsigned long max);
>  
>  static inline void ssleep(unsigned int seconds)
> -- 
> 1.7.2.3

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