Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:55:50 -0700 | | From | Ulrich Drepper <> | | Subject | Re: Strange Linux behaviour with blocking syscalls and stop signals+SIGCONT | |
Manfred Spraul wrote:
> 1) I would go further and try ERESTARTSYS: ERESTARTSYS means that the
> kernel signal handler honors SA_RESTART
> 2) At least for the futex functions, it won't be as easy as replacing
> EINTR wiht ERESTARTSYS: the futex functions receive a timeout a the
> parameter, with the duration of the wait call as a parameter. You must
> use ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK.
Whoa, not so fast. At least the futex syscall but be interruptible by
signals. It is crucial to return EINTR.
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