From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:21:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:21:41 -0400 Received: from smtp1.cern.ch ([137.138.128.38]:28681 "EHLO smtp1.cern.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:21:32 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 18:21:24 +0200 From: Jamie Lokier To: John Fremlin Cc: Dan Kegel , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: A signal fairy tale Message-ID: <20010628182124.A3728@pcep-jamie.cern.ch> In-Reply-To: <3B38860D.8E07353D@kegel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from vii@users.sourceforge.net on Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:58:03PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org John Fremlin wrote: > > A signal number cannot be opened more than once concurrently; > > sigopen() thus provides a way to avoid signal usage clashes > > in large programs. > > Signals are a pretty dopey API anyway - so instead of trying to patch > them up, why not think of something better for AIO? Keep in mind that SIGRTxxx signals are not just used for AIO. -- Jamie