On Wednesday, 30 May 2007 14:38, Nigel Cunningham wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 16:55 -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > The g_file_storage driver uses a kernel thread and communicates with > > that thread in part by means of signals. It also relies on the thread > > receiving signals from userspace as an indication that the thread > > should terminate. > > > > This was all working in 2.6.21, but as of 2.6.22-rc3 the signal > > delivery mechanism (entirely within the kernel!) is no longer > > functional. > > > > What's the story? Do I need to do something new and different to get > > signals working again? Should I avoid using signals entirely? > > > > Thanks for any help, > > > > Alan Stern > > Hmm. Given Oleg's reply, it could pay to check that freezable kernel > threads are still being frozen.
I think they are. Otherwise the freezer would have been failing. > I'm about to go off to bed, and am away for half the day tomorrow, but > will check as soon as I can if noone else gets to it first. (Rafael > added for a heads-up, just in case he hasn't noticed this thread). I have noticed it, but thanks anyway. :-) Greetings, Rafael - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
