linux-kernel - Re: synchronous signal in the blocked signal context

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Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:54:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Subject: Re: synchronous signal in the blocked signal context



On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
>
> This patch (b0423a0d9cc836b2c3d796623cd19236bfedfe63)
> 
> [PATCH] Remove duplicate code in signal.c
> 
> reverts a patch introduced by Linus long time back.

Good catch.

> Was this intentional?
> 
> With the current mainline code, SIGSEGV inside a SIGSEGV handler will endup
> in linux handling endless recursive faults.
> 
> Just wondering if this has been discussed before and is intentional.

It certainly wasn't discussed, and I don't think it was intentional. We 
should _not_ just unblock a blocked signal. We should kill the process, 
because sending the signal is actually very very wrong.

Paul? Should I just revert, or did you have some deeper reason for it?

		Linus
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