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SubjectRe: manipulating sigmask from filesystems and drivers


On 2 Aug 2002, Trond Myklebust wrote:
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> Would you therefore be planning on making down() interruptible by
> SIGKILL?

Can't do - existing users know that down() cannot fail.

But we already have a "down_interruptible()", so if we introduce the
notion of "non-interruptible but killable", we can also introduce a
"down_killable()".

Linus

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