linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use ERESTARTNOHAND if poll() is interrupted by a signal

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Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:11:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use ERESTARTNOHAND if poll() is interrupted by a signal

In POSIX, select/pselect is specifically exempted from the usual SA_RESTART
behavior.  I'm not really sure if that is entirely historical or because
after a handler has run even an adjusted relative timeout may no longer be
what you actually want.  There is no such exemption for poll/ppoll, though
in general their behavior and specification are very parallel.  I wonder if
they really should diverge.

Thanks,
Roland
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