linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] aio: simplify the usage of restore_saved_sigmask

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjzU4MmVomodhTVSWnKUxKOBpvhdXgf1_riBtSwZuwMSg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 7 Jun 2019 10:33:57 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Eric Wong <e@...24.org>, linux-aio@...ck.org,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] aio: simplify the usage of restore_saved_sigmask_unless()

On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 3:32 AM Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> The only complication is that non-restartable io_getevents() and
> io_getevents_time32() have to translate ERESTARTNOHAND into EINTR.

Are they actually nonrestartable? I think the current EINTR is just a mistake.

               Linus