From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262435AbTEFHiI (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 03:38:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262437AbTEFHiI (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 03:38:08 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:56549 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262435AbTEFHiI (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 03:38:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 23:43:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20030505.234314.98873309.davem@redhat.com> To: chas@locutus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][ATM] svc's possibly race with sigd From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <200305052253.h45MrUTj020679@locutus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> References: <200305052253.h45MrUTj020679@locutus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> X-FalunGong: Information control. X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: chas williams Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 18:53:30 -0400 pretty sure the author wanted the wait queues in place before talking to sigd which might cause a wakeup on the vcc in question. this race is VERY unlikely, since going down to user space and back is quite slow. Applied, thanks chas.