linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][CFT] signal handling fixes

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdU1DrwMAP4qRvK6tq5GV_c3bF5RmUR6ok2AqBXSbn7UBg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:45:07 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][CFT] signal handling fixes

On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 7:18 PM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>         Back in 2012 or so I'd found a bunch of fun issues with multiple
> pending signals on a lot of architectures.  m68k looked scarier than
> usual (due to the combination of variable-sized exception frames with the
> way kernel stack pointer is handled by the hardware), but I'd convinced
> myself that it had been correct.
>
>         Unfortunately, I was wrong - handling of multiple pending signals
> does *not* work correctly there.

[...]

Thank you, queuing in the m68k branch as fixes.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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