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SubjectRe: [PATCH] signals: work around random wakeups in sigsuspend()
On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:21:46 -0500 Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> wrote:

> A random wakeup can get us out of sigsuspend() without TIF_SIGPENDING
> being set.
>
> Avoid that by making sure we were signaled, like sys_pause() does.

What we're lacking here is any description of the end-user-visible
effects of the bug. Enough for people to be able to decide (and to
recognize!) whether their kernel needs this patch.</stdrefrain>

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