Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932427AbVJLM0w (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:26:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932432AbVJLM0w (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:26:52 -0400 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:1728 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932427AbVJLM0w (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:26:52 -0400 Subject: RE: [BUG?] 2.6.x (2.6.13) - new signals not being delivered to aterminating (PF_EXITING) process. From: Alan Cox To: "Kilau, Scott" Cc: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" , Linux Kernel Mail List In-Reply-To: <335DD0B75189FB428E5C32680089FB9F36B12E@mtk-sms-mail01.digi.com> References: <335DD0B75189FB428E5C32680089FB9F36B12E@mtk-sms-mail01.digi.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:55:30 +0100 Message-Id: <1129121730.4741.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 581 Lines: 13 > Do you know if there was any particular reason why it was changed that > signals can't be delivered to an exiting process in 2.6? > Was there maybe some sort of race, and this was the best way to resolve > it? I have no idea. It may be a change due to the threaded signal support. Ask whoever hacked up the signal code last I guess. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/