Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 09:49:31PM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > >> SIGIO is basically useless. your handler executes in >> signal-handling context, and can do very, very >> little. not even all system calls are legal in this >> context. SIGIO is basically a "poor man's thread >> system", and not much more. > > do you have a reference to system calls which are not > legal from a signal handler in Linux?
See for example info libc Nonreentrancy and related nodes. -- Feri. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
