Re: [RFC PATCH 11/18] jffs2: Convert jffs2_gcd_mtd kthread into the iterant API

On 06/06, Jiri Kosina wrote:

On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

quoted

Still I personally dislike the new kthread_sigaction() API. I agree,
a couple if signal helpers for kthreads make sense. Say,

	void kthread_do_signal_stop(void)
	{
		spin_lock_irq(&curtent->sighand->siglock);
		if (current->jobctl & JOBCTL_STOP_DEQUEUED)
			__set_current_state(TASK_STOPPED);
		spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);

		schedule();
	}

... not to mention the fact that 'STOP' keyword in relation to kthreads
has completely different meaning today, which just contributes to overall
confusion; but that's an independent story.

Yes, agreed.

quoted

But personally I do not think kthread_do_signal() makes a lot of sense...

Would it be possible for you to elaborate a little bit more why you think
so ... ?

Please see another email I sent in reply to 06/18.

I personally don't see a huge principal difference between
"kthread_signal_dequeue() + kthread_do_signal_{stop,...}" vs. generic
"kthread_do_signal()" that's just basically completely general and takes
care of 'everything necessary'.

Then why do we need the new API ?

And I do see the difference. Rightly or not I belive that this API buys
nothing but makes the kthread && signal interaction more complex and
confusing. For no reason.

But!

That being said, my relationship to signal
handling code is of course much less intimate compared to yours,

No, no, no, this doesn't matter at all ;)

Yes I do dislike this API. So what? I can be wrong. So if other reviewers
like it I will hate them all ^W^W^W not argure. So please comment. I never
trust myself unless I can technically (try to) prove I am right. In this
case I can't, this is only my feeling.

Oleg.

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