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SubjectRe: core dumps on signals
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Followup to:  <19990228204133.12101@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
By author: Pavel Machek <pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> > >
> > > As a side note, please DON'T recycle SIGUNUSED unless you really have
> > > to. Suspend patches are using it ;-).
> > >
> >
> > Then please rename it.
>
> Of course it is renamed to SIGSTOP_SUSPEND inside suspend
> patches. Alas, suspend patches did not reach linus' kernel, yet ;-).
>

Seems a little long to me, and has _ which no other signal has. Why
not just SIGSUSPEND? Also, what are the intended semantics of this
new signal, and why doesn't SIGTSTP or SIGSTOP suffice?

-hpa
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