linux-kernel - Re: mlock: Make the mlock system call interruptible by fatal

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Message-Id: <200809241349.42103.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:49:40 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Salman Qazi <sqazi@...gle.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mlock: Make the mlock system call interruptible by fatal

Am Mittwoch, 24. September 2008 12:22:55 schrieb Alan Cox:
> > > Can we do
> > >
> > >        return i ? i : -EINTR;
> > >
> > > in the usual fashion?
> > 
> > Fixed.
> 
> If its only interruptible by fatal signals why do we care what the return
> is ?

ptrace?

	Regards
		Oliver


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