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From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] signal: Adjust error codes according to
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On 05/23, Deepa Dinamani wrote:
>
> 1. block the signals you don't care about.
> 2. syscall()
> 3. unblock the signals blocked in 1.

and even this part of your email is very confusing. because in this case
we can never miss a signal. I'd say

	1. block the signals you don't care about
	2. unblock the signals which should interrupt the syscall below
	3. syscall()
	4. block the signals unblocked in 2.

Oleg.