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Date:	Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:42:34 +0930
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	Török Edwin <edwintorok@...il.com>
CC:	Elias Oltmanns <eo@...ensachen.de>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Joe Peterson <joe@...rush.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Ctrl+C doesn't interrupt process waiting for I/O

Török Edwin wrote:
> David Newall wrote:
>   
>> Elias Oltmanns wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> -			if (!L_NOFLSH(tty)) {
>>> -				n_tty_flush_buffer(tty);
>>> -				tty_driver_flush_buffer(tty);
>>> -			}
>>>  			if (L_ECHO(tty))
>>>  				echo_char(c, tty);
>>> -			if (tty->pgrp)
>>> -				kill_pgrp(tty->pgrp, signal, 1);
>>> +			isig(signal, tty, 0);
>>>     
>>>       
>> My first reaction is that tty->pgrp must be null.  Perhaps the patch
>> could be simplified...
>>
>>  			if (tty->pgrp)
>>  				kill_pgrp(tty->pgrp, signal, 1);
>> +			else
>> +				isig(signal, tty, 0);
>>
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>   
>>     
>
> isig has the same check, if it is NULL, isig won't deliver the signal
> either
>   

That is odd.  We did see the control-key echoed, so, other than not
flushing output, what's funcitonally different?
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