Re: [PATCH] Input: uinput - Allow uinput_request to be interrupted

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 03:21:10PM +0100, Rodrigo Rivas Costa wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 09:42:52PM -0300, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote:
> > -	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&request->done, 30 * HZ)) {
> > +	if (!wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&request->done,
> > +							30 * HZ)) {
> >  		retval = -ETIMEDOUT;
> >  		goto out;
> >  	}
> 
> Now this function can succeed or fail because of ETIMEDOUT or an
> interrupt. I think you should return -EINTR or maybe -ESYSRESTART if
> interrupted.

Rodrigo, you are right. Marcos, could you please send updated patch that
returns different error code for timeout vs interrupt condition?

I dropped the patch for now.

Thanks.

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Dmitry