Re: POSIX aio vs completion ports

Chuck Lever (cel@monkey.org)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 23:23:57 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Chuck Lever wrote:
> > there's no good way for the application (or library) to allocate a
> > specific RT signal, so there must be some form of "gentlemen's
> > agreement" between libraries and application as to which uses which
> > signal.
>
> My strategy: search for the first rt signal that's not got SIG_DFL as
> its handler.
>
> Imperfect I know but probably better than random() :)

you have to select a signal number and set up the signal handler in a
single system call. otherwise, you're racing with other threads that
could be doing this at the same time, right?

- Chuck Lever

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