Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:40:10 -0800 (PST) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2/5] signalfd v2 - signalfd core ... |
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Davide Libenzi wrote: > > So, to cut it short, I can do the pseudo-siginfo read(2), but I don't like > > it too much (little, actually). The siginfo, as bad as it is, is a standard > > used in many POSIX APIs (hence even in kernel), and IMO if we want to send > > that back, a struct siginfo should be. > > > > You can send the data in the 32/64 neutral format, and have glibc convert it > to a siginfo, and everybody's happy.
Except Uli :) The problem with the siginfo is that it is a brain-dead structure with unions and data dependent on types (and pointers). Pretty fugly.
- Davide
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