linux-kernel - Re: signalfd API issues (was Re: [PATCH/RFC] signal races/bugs, losing TIF

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:59:28 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Nicholas Miell <nmiell@...cast.net>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: signalfd API issues (was Re: [PATCH/RFC] signal races/bugs, losing TIF_SIGPENDING and other woes)

On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 01:29:23PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> But you use ptrace and don't steal signals with dequeue_signal() on a
> live other task, which is ok.

True.  However, with an SMP UML running a threaded app (which is also
threads on the host), if the thread on one CPU gets a signal which
will be nullified (SIGTRAP, SIG*ALRM, later SIGSEGV) and the other
thread continues running, does that count as stealing a signal from
another live task?

				Jeff

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