linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for 2.6.30] ptrace: revert "ptrace_detach: the wrong wakeup breaks the ERESTARTxxx logic"

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Message-Id: <20090602205537.E4143FC403@magilla.sf.frob.com>
Date:	Tue,  2 Jun 2009 13:55:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@...hat.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for 2.6.30] ptrace: revert "ptrace_detach: the wrong wakeup
	breaks the ERESTARTxxx logic"

Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>

Indeed the old code was highly suspect and we need more work to fix it.
But this was not a conservative change and it did produce regressions.
It's better to leave old-and-wrong as it was until we have finished
more thorough revamp work.


Thanks,
Roland
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