Confused, please help... On 05/21, Mike Christie wrote: > > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > @@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ static int vhost_worker(void *data) > struct vhost_worker *worker = data; > struct vhost_work *work, *work_next; > struct llist_node *node; > + bool dead = false; > > for (;;) { > /* mb paired w/ kthread_stop */ > @@ -349,8 +350,22 @@ static int vhost_worker(void *data) > } > > node = llist_del_all(&worker->work_list); > - if (!node) > + if (!node) { > schedule(); > + /* > + * When we get a SIGKILL our release function will > + * be called. That will stop new IOs from being queued > + * and check for outstanding cmd responses. It will then > + * call vhost_task_stop to tell us to return and exit. > + */ But who will call the release function / vhost_task_stop() and when this will happen after this thread gets SIGKILL ? > + if (!dead && signal_pending(current)) { > + struct ksignal ksig; > + > + dead = get_signal(&ksig); > + if (dead) > + clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING); If you do clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING), then why do we need 1/3 ? Also. Suppose that vhost_worker() dequeues SIGKILL and clears TIF_SIGPENDING. SIGSTOP, PTRACE_INTERRUPT, freezer can come and set TIF_SIGPENDING again. In this case the main for (;;) loop will spin without sleeping until vhost_task_should_stop() becomes true? Oleg. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization