Re: [patch] threading enhancements, tid-2.5.47-C0

From: Jamie Lokier (lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 18:26:47 EST


Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > I don't buy this argument. You block signals, do something, unblock
> > signals. There may be a _tiny_ delay in delivering the signal
>
> Tiny? You said yourself that fork can be expensive.

You can't receive a signal in a thread while it is forking anyway.

Erm, am I getting confused here? I'm assuming that you can block
signals in _only_ the thread that is forking, leaving it unblocked in
the others. I'm not very familiar with the current threaded signal
model - is the blocked-signal mask shared between all of them?

-- Jamie
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