Re: Possibly bug in Linux Kernel 2.2.1/Signal handling

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:52:31 -0500

In message <36EEE92E.45ACCBCE@csi.com>, Olivier Fourdan writes:
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| Linux Kernel 2.2.1 on x86 platform handles SIGPIPE signal in a strange way, at
| least different from Linux Kernel 2.0.xx, Solaris or FreeBSD. It does not emit
| the SIGPIPE signal when the pipe dies, but rather when an application tries to
| write data in it !
+--->8

I'd be rather surprised if the others didn't behave that way, since that's
how it's *supposed* to work. SIGPIPE == write on pipe with no reader.

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