signalfd() semantics after execve()

[Michael Kerrisk]

Davide, 

I'm working on the signalfd(2) man page, and I've come
acorss some puzzling behaviour...  

What are the intended semantics of a signalfd file descriptor
after an execve()?

As far as I can work out, after an execve() the file descriptor
is still available, but reads from it always return 0, even if:

a) there were signals pending before the execve().
   However, sigpending() shows the signal as pending,
   and the signal can be accepted using sigwaitinfo().

b) we generate a signal after the execve().
 
Is this intended behavior (the "orphaned sighand" condition
mentioned in the draft man page you sent me?)?  Is it a bug?

Cheers,

Michael

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