Hello, On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 08:22:17PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > wait_event_freezable() and wait_event_freezable_timeout() stop > the waiting if try_to_freeze() fails. This is not right, we can > race with __thaw_task() and in this case > > - wait_event_freezable() returns the wrong ERESTARTSYS > > - wait_event_freezable_timeout() can return the positive > value while condition == F Indeed, nice catch. This one actually is pretty dangerous. We probably want to make a separate fix for this and backport it to -stable? > Change the code to always check __retval/condition before return. > > Note: with or without this patch the timeout logic looks strange, > probably we should recalc timeout if try_to_freeze() returns T. > > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Yeap, with freezable_with_signal gone, this looks correct & simpler to me but it would be nice if you can sprinkle some documentation while at it. :) Thanks. -- tejun _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
