Re: [patch 2/5] signalfd v2 - signalfd core ...

[Avi Kivity]

Davide Libenzi wrote:
> So, to cut it short, I can do the pseudo-siginfo read(2), but I don't 
> like it too much (little, actually). The siginfo, as bad as it is, is a 
> standard used in many POSIX APIs (hence even in kernel), and IMO if we 
> want to send that back, a struct siginfo should be.
>   

You can send the data in the 32/64 neutral format, and have glibc 
convert it to a siginfo, and everybody's happy.


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