Re: Q: Signal processing

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 15:25:06 +0100 (BST)


> * Is it necessary to return from a signal handler to the system, or is
> it okay if control stays in my application?

It can stay in control - but be careful of re-entrancy issues and signal
masking. You might want to look at sigsetjump/siglongjmp

>

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