linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] dmatest: cancel thread immediately when asked for

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Date:	Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:41:59 +0800
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] dmatest: cancel thread immediately when asked for

On 4 March 2013 17:09, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> If user have the timeout alike issues and wants to cancel the thread
> immediately, the current call of wait_event_freezable_timeout is preventing to
> this until timeout is expired. Thus, user will experience the unnecessary
> delays.
>
> Adding kthread_should_stop() check inside wait_event_freezable_timeout() solves
> that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
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