linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/8] fork/vhost_task: Switch to CLONE_THREAD and CLONE

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Message-ID: <20230518-antiseptisch-bahnt-90230ccbd1ff@brauner>
Date:   Thu, 18 May 2023 10:18:04 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com>
Cc:     oleg@...hat.com, linux@...mhuis.info, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
        axboe@...nel.dk, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, mst@...hat.com,
        sgarzare@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com, stefanha@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/8] fork/vhost_task: Switch to CLONE_THREAD and
 CLONE_SIGHAND

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 07:09:15PM -0500, Mike Christie wrote:
> This is a modified version of Linus's patch which has vhost_task
> use CLONE_THREAD and CLONE_SIGHAND and allow SIGKILL and SIGSTOP.
> 
> I renamed the ignore_signals to block_signals based on Linus's comment
> where it aligns with what we are doing with the siginitsetinv
> p->blocked use and no longer calling ignore_signals.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com>
> ---

Yes, much nicer than what this was before,
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>