No. It is a kernel bug. You can see it by just looking at fs/filo.c.
Basically, when a fifo reader is interrupted by a signal in fifo_open,
there is no way for a fifo writer to tell someone is waiting to read
but interrupted by a signal. But I am afraid a real fix is not trivial.
-- H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/