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Date:      Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:32:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>, julian@elischer.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: libc_r in stable
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.10209241329470.3943-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <3D909F67.CE03D475@mindspring.com>

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On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:

> Daniel Eischen wrote:
> > > Set SA_RESTART in the sa_flags of the sigaction for the scheduling
> > > signal.  Use "man sigaction" for details.
> > 
> > Yes, for application installed signal handlers.
> > 
> > Try this for library installed signal handlers (patch
> > to -current).
> > 
> >         http://people.freebsd.org/~deischen/libc_r.diffs
> 
> Most of this diff is good, but...
> 
> -       act.sa_flags = SA_RESTART | SA_SIGINFO;
> +       act.sa_flags = SA_RESTART | SA_SIGINFO | SA_RESTART;
> 
> Setting the bejesus out of the bit probably isn't more effective
> than setting it once.

It means we're trying much harder to restart the system
call.  The kernel will see this; trust me ;-)

Actually, SA_ONSTACK should be substituted for one of the
SA_RESTARTs.

-- 
Dan Eischen



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