threads/94176: KSE: sigwait doesn't recieve SIGWINCH sent by pthread_kill() or kill -WINCH

Andriy Gapon avg at icyb.net.ua
Fri Apr 28 09:50:36 UTC 2006


The following reply was made to PR threads/94176; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andriy Gapon <avg at icyb.net.ua>
To: eugeny gladkih <john at drweb.com>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, David Xu <davidxu at FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: threads/94176: KSE: sigwait doesn't recieve SIGWINCH sent by
 pthread_kill() or kill -WINCH
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:48:23 +0300

 on 27/04/2006 19:50 eugeny gladkih said the following:
 >>>>>> "AG" == Andriy Gapon <avg at icyb.net.ua> writes:
 [snip]
 >  AG> http://condor.wesleyan.edu/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=2&topic=sigwait
 [snip]
 > why so stupid code should be presented in all software wanted
 > just to wait the signal? :( 
 
 Eugeny,
 
 I already read your subsequent email, but I still would like to point
 that the link I gave and what David says explain pretty good the reason
 why this is needed.
 
 > sigwait'ed signal is not ignored one! we DON'T ignore it we DO
 > wait for it. I'm afraid there is another problem with SIGTERM
 > which will terminate process. am I right, yeah?
 > 
 
 
 -- 
 Andriy Gapon


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