Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Nov 2003 12:22:38 -0500 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: BUG (non-kernel), can hurt developers. |
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Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > The routine handler must be very careful, since processing > elsewhere was interrupted at some arbitrary point. POSIX > has the concept of "safe function". If a signal inter > rupts an unsafe function, and handler calls an unsafe > function, then the behavior is undefined. Safe functions > are listed explicitly in the various standards. The POSIX > 1003.1-2003 list is
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You may also want to mention the SUS async-safe list as well, since there are some additional functions there.
Chris
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