linux-kernel - Re: [patch] exclude sync signals from signalfd sets

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0706201255530.3593@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:56:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] exclude sync signals from signalfd sets



On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Davide Libenzi wrote:
> 
> The following patch excludes synchronous signals from being dequeued
> by a signalfd.

I really prefer the current code. Listign special cases is just ugly. Just 
make it so that thread-local signals stay thread-local, and it's all good.

		Linus
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