linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: r8188eu: don't accept SIGTERM for cmd thread

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Date:   Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:47:04 +0200
From:   "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: r8188eu: don't accept SIGTERM for cmd thread

On Saturday, October 16, 2021 8:13:43 PM CEST Martin Kaiser wrote:
> At the moment, our command thread can be killed by user space.
> 
> [root@...t ]# kill `pidof RTW_CMD_THREAD`
> 
> The driver will then stop working until the module is unloaded
> and reloaded.
> 
> Don't process SIGTERM in the command thread. Other drivers that have a
> command thread don't process SIGTERM either.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c          | 2 --
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/osdep_service.h | 5 -----
>  2 files changed, 7 deletions(-)

Dear Martin,

After thinking a little more about this topic, now I'm ready for...

Acked-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>

Regards,

Fabio