linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] signal: add a helper for dequeuing signals from a specified queue

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Message-ID: <CAHO5Pa16cZeVV7_awtv8BJbSVmgJXz6d2HeqtrEoN-Yj96+e8w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:52:22 +0100
From:	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, criu@...nvz.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	linux-man@...r.kernel.org, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] signal: add a helper for dequeuing signals from a
 specified queue

[CC+=linux-api]

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org> wrote:
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
> CC: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/sched.h |  9 ++++++++-
>  kernel/signal.c       | 13 +++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index 0dd42a0..de9a4bf 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -2159,7 +2159,14 @@ extern void flush_signals(struct task_struct *);
>  extern void __flush_signals(struct task_struct *);
>  extern void ignore_signals(struct task_struct *);
>  extern void flush_signal_handlers(struct task_struct *, int force_default);
> -extern int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info);
> +extern int do_dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk,
> +                               sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info, int queue);
> +
> +static inline int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk,
> +                                       sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info)
> +{
> +       return do_dequeue_signal(tsk, mask, info, 0);
> +}
>
>  static inline int dequeue_signal_lock(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info)
>  {
> diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
> index 0af8868..91bb76f2 100644
> --- a/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -597,17 +597,22 @@ static int __dequeue_signal(struct sigpending *pending, sigset_t *mask,
>   * Dequeue a signal and return the element to the caller, which is
>   * expected to free it.
>   *
> + * @queue: dequeue from a private queue, if a value is not positive

if a value is not positive ==> if value is nonpositive

> + *        dequeue from a shared queue, if a value if not negative

if a value is not negative ==> if value is nonnegative

Thanks,

Michael



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