Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:53:15 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] set_restore_sigmask TIF_SIGPENDING | |
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
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> We only need this flag as an implicit parameter to the arch dependent do_signal()
> which we can't call directly, and thus it must imply TIF_SIGPENDING, and it
> is not valid after do_signal() (should be cleared). This all looks like
> ERESTART_ magic, why should we add something else ?
I think you're right. I didn't look at the actual code-paths, but my gut
feel says "yes, TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK should actually have been
-ERESTARTSIGRESTORE". That sounds like the right thing to do.
Linus
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