linux-kernel - Re: Sending signals to a kernel thread, broken in 2.6.22

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0705301050080.2564-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Wed, 30 May 2007 10:51:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>
cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Sending signals to a kernel thread, broken in 2.6.22

On Wed, 30 May 2007, Nigel Cunningham wrote:

> Hmm. Given Oleg's reply, it could pay to check that freezable kernel
> threads are still being frozen.

I don't think we have to worry about this.  See this discussion thread:

	http://marc.info/?t=118045713200006&r=1&w=2

and in particular this message:

	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118046964817995&w=2

Alan Stern

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