Re: [PATCH 2.5.73] Signal stack fixes #1 introduce PF_SS_ACTIVE

[Jörn Engel]

On Sat, 5 July 2003 09:30:31 +0200, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Fri, 4 July 2003 17:39:01 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > So how about something like the appended? Very simple patch,i and in fact 
> > it's more logical than the old behaviour (the old behaviour punched 
> > through blocked signals, the new ones says "if you block or ignore the 
> > signal we will just kill you through the default action").
> 
> That seems to be the best solution.  Thanks!

Except that the patch didn't match the description.  My test loops
just as happily as before and the conditional part of give_sigsegv is
pointless now.  That might really break some threading stuff.

Anyway, the idea still makes sense, so I will try to come up with a
working patch.

Jörn

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