Re: A fifo and signal bug
Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Sat, 21 Nov 1998 10:28:25 -0800 (PST)
On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
> 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.
So send me a program that shows this. The test program I got appears to
pass, and as such I don't see your point at all.
Linus
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