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Message-ID: <11db049c-c288-71c2-de37-545fd695d486@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Jun 2022 11:33:05 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexey Bayduraev <alexey.v.bayduraev@...ux.intel.com>,
        Riccardo Mancini <rickyman7@...il.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        Florian Fischer <florian.fischer@...q.space>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Zechuan Chen <chenzechuan1@...wei.com>,
        Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@...wei.com>,
        German Gomez <german.gomez@....com>,
        Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Denis Nikitin <denik@...omium.org>,
        Lexi Shao <shaolexi@...wei.com>,
        Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>,
        Remi Bernon <rbernon@...eweavers.com>,
        Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf io: Make open and read calls more robust


On 6/14/2022 11:03 PM, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Wrap open and read calls with TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY in case a signal
> causes the syscall to need to restart.


Why not just use SA_RESTART on the signals?


-Andi

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