linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] test_firmware: add test case for SIGCHLD on sync fallback

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Message-ID: <20170717162057.GB9583@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:20:57 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] test_firmware: add test case for SIGCHLD on sync
 fallback

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 01:51:49PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> It has been reported that SIGCHLD will trigger an immediate abort
> on sync firmware requests which rely on the sysfs interface for a
> trigger. This is unexpected behaviour, this reproduces this issue.
> 
> This test case currenty fails.

/me hands mcgrof a spell checker...