* [Patch 0/2] Kernel: mutex_lock_killable
@ 2007-11-28 13:52 Liam Howlett
2007-12-04 12:52 ` Ingo Molnar
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From: Liam Howlett @ 2007-11-28 13:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: willy, akpm, mingo
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).
akpm: can you take these for merge in 2.6.25?
A big thanks to Matthew for all the help on these patches.
Please CC me on any responses.
Thanks,
Liam R. Howlett
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* Re: [Patch 0/2] Kernel: mutex_lock_killable
2007-11-28 13:52 [Patch 0/2] Kernel: mutex_lock_killable Liam Howlett
@ 2007-12-04 12:52 ` Ingo Molnar
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ingo Molnar @ 2007-12-04 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Liam Howlett; +Cc: linux-kernel, willy, akpm, mingo
* Liam Howlett <howlett@gmail.com> 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 <mingo@elte.hu>
Ingo
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