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From: Mathijs Mohlmann <mathijs@knoware.nl>
To: Luis Miguel Correia Henriques <umiguel@alunos.deis.isec.pt>
Subject: RE: copy to user
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On 20-Nov-2001 Luis Miguel Correia Henriques wrote:
> I suppose now you can understand why SIGSTOP won't work. Hope you can help
> me :)

how about making a signal handler for SIGUSR1 that checks a global variable and
loops. an other signal handler for SIGUSR2 to clear the variable so the SIGUSR1
handler can exit.

All in user space. (to delay execution kill -USR1 $pid, to continue: kill -USR2
$pid)

        me


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