[LTP] [PATCH v2] fzsync: break inf loop with flag vs pthread_cancel

[Richard Palethorpe]

Hello Edward and Li,

Li Wang <liwang@redhat.com> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 11:17 PM Edward Liaw via ltp <ltp@lists.linux.it> wrote:
>
>  Hi, I'm working to get fzsync working with the Android kernel, which
>  does not have pthread_cancel available.
>
>  In the absence of pthread_cancel, when thread A exits due to a break,
>  thread B will get stuck in an infinite loop while waiting for thread A
>  to progress.
>
>  Instead of cancelling thread B, we can use the exit flag to break out of
>  thread B's loop.  This should also remove the need for the wrapper
>  around the thread.
>
>  Signed-off-by: Edward Liaw <edliaw@google.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Li Wang <liwang@redhat.com>

Awesome. Merged with some indentation fixes, it seems like you editor
used tab for the first indent then spaces thereafter.

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Thank you,
Richard.