Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Roland McGrath <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] Consolidate send_sigqueue and send_group_sigqueue | | Date | Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:41:41 -0800 (PST) |
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> Right. I was working on a fix for that for a different reason. What we > really want is a check for such a timer on a transition from SIGIGN to > another state. This would allow us to drop the ugly auto rearm code > for ignored timers completely. I had some working proof of concept > code, but got distracted. Need to find it again and dust if off.
That is certainly what came first to mind. (Note that it's not strictly SIG_IGN alone, but sigaction_says_ignore.) We'll have to contemplate a lot of corners to be sure we get it right. It's not real clear to me how you go about finding all the affected timers sanely from sigaction.
Thanks, Roland
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