Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: core dumps on signals | Date | 1 Mar 1999 04:57:09 GMT |
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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?
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