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");