Re: recalc_sigpending() / recalc_sigpending_tsk() ?

From: David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 12:40:26 EST

> So I would suggest solving this problem by just adding something like
>
> /* Block all signals except for mask */
> void sigallow(unsigned long mask)
> {
> spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
> siginitsetinv(current->blocked, mask);
> recalc_sigpending();
> spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
> }
>
> and be done with it. That seems to be what most of the non-signal.c users
> actually _want_.

Maybe you should return the old mask too?

David
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