kernel_optimize_test/kernel
Oleg Nesterov 2e01fabe67 signals: kill block_all_signals() and unblock_all_signals()
It is hardly possible to enumerate all problems with block_all_signals()
and unblock_all_signals().  Just for example,

1. block_all_signals(SIGSTOP/etc) simply can't help if the caller is
   multithreaded. Another thread can dequeue the signal and force the
   group stop.

2. Even is the caller is single-threaded, it will "stop" anyway. It
   will not sleep, but it will spin in kernel space until SIGCONT or
   SIGKILL.

And a lot more. In short, this interface doesn't work at all, at least
the last 10+ years.

Daniel said:

  Yeah the only times I played around with the DRM_LOCK stuff was when
  old drivers accidentally deadlocked - my impression is that the entire
  DRM_LOCK thing was never really tested properly ;-) Hence I'm all for
  purging where this leaks out of the drm subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Acked-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
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bpf bpf, verifier: annotate verbose printer with __printf 2015-11-03 11:29:56 -05:00
configs
debug
events Merge branch 'for-4.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2015-11-05 14:51:32 -08:00
gcov
irq Power management and ACPI updates for v4.4-rc1 2015-11-04 18:10:13 -08:00
livepatch
locking mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
power mm, page_alloc: rename __GFP_WAIT to __GFP_RECLAIM 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
printk printk: prevent userland from spoofing kernel messages 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
rcu
sched s390: A bunch of fixes and optimizations for interrupt and time 2015-11-05 16:26:26 -08:00
time Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-11-03 14:13:41 -08:00
trace Merge branch 'for-4.4/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2015-11-04 20:28:10 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c audit: audit_tree_match can be boolean 2015-11-04 08:23:51 -05:00
audit_watch.c
audit.c mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
audit.h audit: audit_tree_match can be boolean 2015-11-04 08:23:51 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix comment block whitespace 2015-11-04 08:23:51 -05:00
auditsc.c
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup_pids.c
cgroup.c mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-11-03 18:03:50 -08:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2015-11-05 23:10:54 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-11-03 18:03:50 -08:00
extable.c
fork.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2015-11-05 23:10:54 -08:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c driver core update for 4.4-rc1 2015-11-04 21:50:37 -08:00
groups.c
hung_task.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec_core.c
kexec_file.c
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c
kmod.c
kprobes.c
ksysfs.c
kthread.c
latencytop.c
Makefile
membarrier.c
memremap.c
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c
params.c module: export param_free_charp() 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
pid_namespace.c
pid.c
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c
resource.c
seccomp.c
signal.c signals: kill block_all_signals() and unblock_all_signals() 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
smp.c mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c mm: mlock: add new mlock system call 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
sys.c
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c kernel/watchdog.c: add sysctl knob hardlockup_panic 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c: fix race between proc_watchdog_thresh() and watchdog_timer_fn() 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-4.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2015-11-05 14:16:27 -08:00