From: kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
To: froese@gmx.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] signal handler defaulting fix ...
Date: 03 Jul 2004 15:54:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9C8lzYXmw-B@khms.westfalen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2cfBL-6uJ-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
froese@gmx.de (Edgar Toernig) wrote on 29.06.04 in <2cfBL-6uJ-9@gated-at.bofh.it>:
> Not the signal part. It was written for libc5. There, signals set
> with signal(2) were reset when raised (SysV-style). Leaving such a
> signal handler with longjmp was perfectly valid.
>
> Glibc2 changed the rules: signals set with signal(2) are not reset
> but blocked during delivery (BSD-style). It worked for a while
> because the kernel ignored the sigmask for some signals.
>
> So, if one is to blame then glibc2 by breaking compatibility.
You might want to study /usr/include/signal.h and /usr/include/feature.h.
And then you might try stuff like -D_SVID_SOURCE or -Dsignal=sysv_signal,
for example.
And stop blaming glibc for your failures.
MfG Kai
next parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-04 4:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <2cfBL-6uJ-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-07-03 13:54 ` Kai Henningsen [this message]
2004-06-28 21:34 Davide Libenzi
2004-06-28 21:40 ` Andrew Morton
2004-06-28 21:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-28 21:55 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-06-28 22:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-06-28 22:13 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-06-29 1:24 ` Edgar Toernig
2004-06-29 12:02 ` Jörn Engel
2004-06-28 21:49 ` Jörn Engel
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