Re: [PATCH/RFC] signal: Export signal_wake_up_state() to modules

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 11:49:11AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> When using signal_wake_up() from a loadable kernel module:
>>>
>>>     ERROR: "signal_wake_up_state" [drivers/spi/spi-sh-msiof.ko] undefined!
>>>
>>> Export signal_wake_up_state() to modules to fix this.
>>
>> Or rever the commit that added the users.  This doesn't look like
>
> That commit is not yet applied.
>
>> functionality a driver should use..
>
> OK.
>
> Then, do you have any advise on how to properly abort a completion?

Of course I can add a flag to indicate abortion, and just call complete_all(),
but IMHO that's a bit silly, given wait_for_completion_interruptible() already
provides this side channel information through -ERESTARTSYS.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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