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> Sure it is, not even counting libc 5. The kernel has code that is
> signal-specific, so it must define the numbering. The kernel itself
> uses the numbers in many places. Disagreement over allocation would
> be terrible.

The kernel defines an interface to glibc which has in it what the kernel
needs. glibc then does any magic it wishes to add things. Obviously glibc
generally chooses to tie the two together


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