* Andrew Morton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:05:05 +0200 Manfred Spraul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > poll() returns -EINTR if a signal is pending. > > EINTR is a bad choice: it means that poll returns to user space if the > > task is stopped by SIGSTOP/SIGCONT or by the freezer. > > select() and ppoll() both use ERESTARTNOHAND, this avoids a return to > > user space for signals that are handled by the kernel. > > > > The patch switches poll() to ERESTARTNOHAND. > > Tested with FC6. Patch against 2.6.23-rc1-mm1. > > hm. Is this a fix against > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc1/2.6.23-rc1-mm1/broken-out/do_poll-return-eintr-when-signalled.patch > only, or does mainline also need fixing?
Mainline has same issue (although fix is certainly a bit different w/out Oleg's patch). - 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/
