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06.04.2020 23:38, Sowjanya Komatineni пишет:
> 
> On 4/6/20 1:37 PM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
>>
>>
>> 06.04.2020 23:20, Sowjanya Komatineni пишет:
>>> On 4/6/20 1:02 PM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>>>> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
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>>>>
>>>> 04.04.2020 04:25, Sowjanya Komatineni пишет:
>>>> ...
>>>>> +static int chan_capture_kthread_start(void *data)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +     struct tegra_vi_channel *chan = data;
>>>>> +     struct tegra_channel_buffer *buf;
>>>>> +     int err = 0;
>>>>> +     int caps_inflight;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +     set_freezable();
>>>>> +
>>>>> +     while (1) {
>>>>> +             try_to_freeze();
>>>>> +
>>>>> +             wait_event_interruptible(chan->start_wait,
>>>>> +                                      !list_empty(&chan->capture) ||
>>>>> +                                      kthread_should_stop());
>>>> Is it really okay that list_empty() isn't protected with a lock?
>>>>
>>>> Why wait_event is "interruptible"?
>>> To allow it to sleep until wakeup on thread it to avoid constant
>>> checking for condition even when no buffers are ready, basically to
>>> prevent blocking.
>> So the "interrupt" is for getting event about kthread_should_stop(),
>> correct?
> also to prevent blocking and to let is sleep and wakeup based on wait
> queue to evaluate condition to proceed with the task
>>

This looks suspicious, the comment to wait_event_interruptible() says
that it will return ERESTARTSYS if signal is recieved..

Does this mean that I can send signal from userspace to wake it up?

The "interruptible" part looks wrong to me.