Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261622AbVEUAlT (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 20:41:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261624AbVEUAlT (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 20:41:19 -0400 Received: from e6.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.146]:26805 "EHLO e6.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261622AbVEUAlN (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 20:41:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20050520231312.GD29155@mail.shareable.org> To: Jamie Lokier Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Miklos Szeredi MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] FUSE: don't allow restarting of system calls X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.2CF1 June 9, 2003 Message-ID: From: Bryan Henderson Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 17:41:21 -0700 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D01ML604/01/M/IBM(Build V70_04122005|April 12, 2005) at 05/20/2005 20:41:11, Serialize complete at 05/20/2005 20:41:11 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 934 Lines: 20 >Having a program be stuck in read/write ignoring signals, so that >Control-C, Control-Z and kill don't work on it, while it's waiting for >some network operation, is a horrible thing. I've made it a personal crusade to eliminate D state. In addition to all the damage done by computer resources being locked up, something about my computer ignoring me rankles me on a personal level. I believe this proposal is about making open() hang, which I think is even more painful than having read/write hang. open() is often designed to block much more casually. -- Bryan Henderson IBM Almaden Research Center San Jose CA Filesystems - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/