On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 08:35 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > So I think that the *right* place to clear TIF_SIGPENDING is actually in > "get_signal_to_deliver()", because that function is called _only_ by the > actual per-architecture "I'm going to deliver a signal now".
That was my initial idea but it has an issue with kernel threads :-( There are in kernel thingies that use signals to a certain extend and rely on being able to dequeue and/or clear sigpending (or else they just loop instead of waiting in various loops). A bit of a can of worms if you ask me. Ben. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
