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Message-ID: <20101104162828.7862a49d@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:28:28 +0000 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Gregory Giguashvili <Gregory.Giguashvili@...M.com> Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Change signal mask after vfork/clone system call > Now, I could unmask signals for the thread calling vfork, but it seems not a signal-safe solution to me because signals may arrive to this thread until I reestablish the mask. pthread_atfork call comes to rescue to address such issues for fork, but there seems to be nothing for vfork call. Oh you are wrapping buggy apps ? vfork exec a tiny app which fixes the signals and execs the proper app or fix the apps being run... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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