From: Giuliano Pochini <pochini@shiny.it>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Synchronous signal delivery..
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:55:07 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <XFMail.20030214115507.pochini@shiny.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302131120280.2076-100000@home.transmeta.com>
> It's a generic "synchronous signal delivery" method, and it uses a
> perfectly regular file descriptor to deliver an arbitrary set of signals
> that are pending.
>
> It adds one new system call:
>
> fd = sigfd(sigset_t * mask, unsigned long flags);
IMHO it's not simply a signal delivery system, it's a message queue. It's
possible to deliver any kind of data to the process, and the fd can be
used to send data to other processes as well.
Bye.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-14 10:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-13 19:46 Linus Torvalds
2003-02-13 20:22 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-13 20:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-13 22:26 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-13 22:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-14 8:55 ` Abramo Bagnara
2003-02-14 14:24 ` Alan Cox
2003-02-14 13:57 ` Abramo Bagnara
2003-02-15 12:36 ` Ingo Oeser
2003-02-15 17:59 ` Abramo Bagnara
2003-02-16 14:52 ` Ingo Oeser
2003-02-15 0:00 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-15 0:06 ` Matti Aarnio
2003-02-15 1:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-15 1:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-02-15 1:23 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-15 1:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-15 2:09 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-15 20:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-15 23:39 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-17 2:28 ` Jan Harkes
2003-02-15 5:04 ` Keith Adamson
2003-02-15 19:19 ` James Antill
2003-02-15 22:31 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-17 23:34 ` James Antill
2003-02-17 15:26 ` Daniel Heater
2003-02-15 4:08 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-15 22:00 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-16 0:18 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-17 4:46 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-02-13 20:45 ` Paul P Komkoff Jr
2003-02-13 21:25 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-03-27 21:40 ` watching for file creation completion [was Re: Synchronous signal delivery..] Alexander Kellett
2003-02-14 2:40 ` Synchronous signal delivery Jamie Lokier
2003-02-14 3:11 ` Keith Adamson
2003-02-14 3:54 ` Keith Adamson
2003-02-15 0:04 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-15 1:01 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-02-15 1:12 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-02-15 1:50 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-15 2:08 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-02-15 4:09 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-02-15 4:34 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-02-14 10:55 ` Giuliano Pochini [this message]
2003-02-14 13:04 ` Keith Adamson
2003-02-15 4:25 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-15 5:14 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-14 7:09 Dan Kegel
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