Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Nov 1998 10:28:25 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: A fifo and signal bug |
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On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, H.J. Lu wrote: > > No. It is a kernel bug. You can see it by just looking at fs/filo.c. > Basically, when a fifo reader is interrupted by a signal in fifo_open, > there is no way for a fifo writer to tell someone is waiting to read > but interrupted by a signal. But I am afraid a real fix is not trivial.
So send me a program that shows this. The test program I got appears to pass, and as such I don't see your point at all.
Linus
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