linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] signal: retarget_shared_pending: consider shared/unblocked signals only

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Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:53:21 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Nikita V. Youshchenko" <nyoushchenko@...sta.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] signal: retarget_shared_pending: consider
	shared/unblocked signals only

On 04/12, Matt Fleming wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:20:45 +0200
> Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> > exit_signals() checks signal_pending() before
> > retarget_shared_pending() but this is suboptimal. We can avoid the
> > while_each_thread() loop in case when there are no shared signals
> > visible to us.
> >
> > Add the has_pending_signals(shared_pending, blocked) check. We don
> > not use tsk->blocked directly but pass this sigset_t as an argument,
> > this is needed for the next patch.
> >
> > Note: we can optimize this more. while_each_thread(t) can check
> > t->blocked into account and stop after every pending signal has the
> > new target.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
>
> Nice. Do you have plans to implement that further optimisation?

Probably yes, this is straightforward...

> Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...ux.intel.com>

Thanks Matt, thanks all.

I'll reply to other emails tomorrow. I was distracted by other things,
sorry. Oh, as always :/

Oleg.

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