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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 1b35c45c92b7..3f2e16738080 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -544,6 +544,12 @@ void conn_try_outdate_peer_async(struct drbd_connection *connection)
struct task_struct *opa;
kref_get(&connection->kref);
+ /* We may just have force_sig()'ed this thread
+ * to get it out of some blocking network function.
+ * Clear signals; otherwise kthread_run(), which internally uses
+ * wait_on_completion_killable(), will mistake our pending signal
+ * for a new fatal signal and fail. */
+ flush_signals(current);
opa = kthread_run(_try_outdate_peer_async, connection, "drbd_async_h");
if (IS_ERR(opa)) {
drbd_err(connection, "out of mem, failed to invoke fence-peer helper\n");