Re: Signal left blocked after signal handler.

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> OK, I see. The signal remains blocked forever if we jump out of the
> handler. This is not the case on 2.4 . So, is this is semantic change?

It _shouldn't_ be a semantic change. Quite frankly, 2.4.x shouldn't work
the way you describe either.

I wonder if it's the "sigaction()" call in the handler that unblocks the
signal in 2.4.x.

		Linus
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