From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754242AbXLDMxR (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:53:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752557AbXLDMxD (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:53:03 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:51610 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751493AbXLDMxB (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:53:01 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:52:39 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Liam Howlett Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, willy@linux.intel.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mingo@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Patch 0/2] Kernel: mutex_lock_killable Message-ID: <20071204125239.GB31590@elte.hu> References: <68d904ba0711280552i4ee6637j47c7ee2f72a77661@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <68d904ba0711280552i4ee6637j47c7ee2f72a77661@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Liam Howlett wrote: > Hello, > > This series of patches add the ability to make mutex locks killable > instead of uninterruptable. > > This patch set builds on willys 5 patches for TASK_KILLABLE that are > currently in mm (see http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/18/423 for more > details). I have used 2.6.24-rc3 with the addition of willys patches. > > The first patch adds the mutex_lock_killable to the kernel/mutex.c and > kernel/mutex.h. > > The second patch is a use of the mutex_lock_killable to fs/readdir.c > to use the new mutex_lock_killable. This was enough for a small test > application to be killable once the ethernet was pulled on an nfs > mount (please note that this does not allow a normal ls to be killed > yet). nice patches! Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Ingo