linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/7] signal: sigprocmask fixes

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Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:40:40 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Nikita V. Youshchenko" <nyoushchenko@...sta.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/7] signal: sigprocmask fixes

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> These patches should not change the current behaviour in this case.
> We never try to re-target the thread-specific signals. Note that
> retarget_shared_pending() checks ->signal->shared_pending only.

Ok, I clearly didn't follow the details closely enough.

In that case, this series looks fairly ok to me. I'm still unsure
whether it's _required_, but it looks sane and reasonable.

                   Linus
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