worker_thread() doesn't need to "Block and flush all signals", this was already done by its caller, kthread().
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- 6.20-rc6-mm3/kernel/workqueue.c~signals 2007-02-20 02:21:11.000000000 +0300 +++ 6.20-rc6-mm3/kernel/workqueue.c 2007-02-28 23:58:11.000000000 +0300 @@ -290,18 +290,11 @@ static int worker_thread(void *__cwq) struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = __cwq; DEFINE_WAIT(wait); struct k_sigaction sa; - sigset_t blocked; if (!cwq->wq->freezeable) current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; set_user_nice(current, -5); - - /* Block and flush all signals */ - sigfillset(&blocked); - sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &blocked, NULL); - flush_signals(current); - /* * We inherited MPOL_INTERLEAVE from the booting kernel. * Set MPOL_DEFAULT to insure node local allocations. - 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/