Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:57:38 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [RFC patch 0/3] signals: add rt_tgsigqueueinfo syscall V2 |
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > [CC+=linux-api@vger.kernel.org] > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: > > Changes vs. V1: compat_sys_rt_sigqueueinfo implemented. Thanks Roland ! > > > > sys_kill has a counterpart sys_tgkill which allows to send signals to > > a particular thread. sys_rt_sigqueueinfo is lacking such a counterpart. > > > > Aside of the asymetry it is a show stopper for migrating applications > > from other unix-alike RTOSes. > > > > The following patch series implements rt_tgsigqueueinfo and hooks it > > up for x86. > > This is an excellent candidate for CCing to the new linux-api@vger > (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ltp/5658/), since it is an API > change.
Oops, yes forgot about that.
> > Find below the raw documentation. > > Thanks -- I'll work that up into a man page when this gets closer to release.
I'll send out test code later this week - once I get a breather from bugs and regressions again.
Thanks,
tglx
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