Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix queued SIGIO | Date | Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:26:27 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> The problem is really that SI_SIGIO is negative, but it should be positive > to make SI_FROMUSER return false on it. > > Changing it would unfortunately break binary compatibility. This patch
Why ?
> It'll break programs that try to send SI_SIGIO (=-5) signals from userspace, > but I think that is ok.
Why not just add SI_KERNSIGINFO .. and use that ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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