On Wednesday 26 September 2007 10:03:33 Ulrich Drepper wrote: > On 9/26/07, John Z. Bohach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there some reason that syslog() sleeps in __kernel_vsyscall() > > when invoked from a signal handler? > > Only very few functions are allowed to be called from signal > handlers. This is clearly spelled out in the POSIX spec. Section XSH > 2.4.3 lists the allowed functions. syslog of course is not on it. - > 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/
Thank you for this information...also thanks to Giacomo who answered me offline... --john - 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/