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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:35:41 -0400
From:	Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, ecashin@...aid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] aoe: kernel thread handles I/O completions for simple locking

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:24:08 -0400
> Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com> wrote:
...
>> +	sigfillset(&blocked);
>> +	sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &blocked, NULL);
>> +	flush_signals(current);
>
> This is a kernel thread - it shouldn't need to fiddle with signals.
...

Thanks for the feedback.  I'll try out your suggestions and return with
changes and explanations.

-- 
  Ed

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