Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756075AbYJFWQD (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:16:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752618AbYJFWPy (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:15:54 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:37967 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752338AbYJFWPy (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:15:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 23:14:34 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Adam =?UTF-8?B?VGxhxYJrYQ==?= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/0] SIGWINCH problem with terminal apps Message-ID: <20081006231434.7aaa41ee@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081006202834.5b6c5092@merlin.oi.pg.gda.pl> References: <20081006140708.7911f101@merlin.oi.pg.gda.pl> <20081006141306.6a1f0a15@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20081006202834.5b6c5092@merlin.oi.pg.gda.pl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.12; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 611 Lines: 13 > > show up more. Later 2.6.27-rc has patches that use the termios lock > > across TIOCG/SWINSZ and deal with the problem properly. > > Maybe but what with older versions. Anyway the problem is if mutexes > are usable here or not. Well if mutexes don't work your kernel will eat your computer fairly rapidly so I think we may safely conclude that mutex locks work -- 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/