On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 03:44:21PM -0500, Selva Nair wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 2:27 PM Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 02:43:22PM -0500, selva.n...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > From: Selva Nair <selva.n...@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > Currently we use the old signal API which follows system-V or
> > > BSD semantics depending on the platform and/or feature-set macros.
> > > Further, signal has many weaknesses which makes proper masking
> > > (blocking) of signals during update not possible.
> >
> > Just for the record - as discussed before, this is considered too
> > intrusive ("needs more testing") for 2.6.0, and can go in early in
> > the 2.7 phase.
> >
>
> if no one has started reviewing 5/5, I would like to split this into two
>
> 1. signal -> sigaction affecting sig.c only
> 2. changes to the way signal reset is done
>
> #2 involves some decisions, affects the rest of the code, and may elicit
> more comments.
>
> Otherwise, will wait and see.
I think it unlikely anyone has invested much time into a patch designated for
2.7 at this point in time. And even if, splitting up patches might still be
worthwile, if it reduces the individual complexity.
So I would say: go ahead.
Regards,
--
Frank Lichtenheld
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