Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932985AbXFEPf0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:35:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1764846AbXFEPfL (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:35:11 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:40289 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763597AbXFEPfJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:35:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:34:55 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: Rusty Russell Cc: Andrew Morton , lkml - Kernel Mailing List , Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] lguest don't signal like crazy, use LHREQ_BREAK command Message-ID: <20070605153455.GW11115@waste.org> References: <1181055308.14054.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1181055396.14054.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1181055483.14054.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1181055606.14054.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1181055606.14054.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 704 Lines: 16 On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 01:00:06AM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote: > We currently use a "waker" process: a child of the launcher which > selects() on the incoming file descriptors. It sends a SIGUSR1 to the > launcher whenever select() returns to kick the launcher out of the > kernel. If I break out of lguest with three ctrl-Cs, this leaves one of the lguest processes running with /dev/lguest held open. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - 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/