linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: fix delayed signals

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:51:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: fix delayed signals



On Thu, 10 Jul 2008, Roland McGrath wrote:
>
> > But if you really want that behaviour, then re-introducing the loop would 
> > likely be the better approach (or should be combined), since I think you 
> > effectively just re-introduced it (at a much bigger granularity).
> 
> I don't think so.  Firstly, TIF_SIGPENDING is not the only flag in
> question.  There are other reasons to re-enter do_notify_resume().
> If those are set during signal processing et al, they should take
> effect before going back to user mode.

You're ignoring the background question - we expressly _stopped_ doing 
this long ago. So the real issue was the ".. if you really .." part.

Do we really? What's the actual downside here?

		Linus
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