Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:29:37 -0600 | From | yodaiken@chelm ... | Subject | Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #4149 |
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On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 06:00:33PM -0600, Larry McVoy wrote: > Why? I can construct the same behavior in LinuxThreads using interfaces > that have been here for 20 years or more. The only thing that is not > true about that statementis that I have to be deterministic about which > thread gets the signal, and the POSIX standard lets the system pick one > at random. Personally, I'd prefer to be deterministic. It makes debugging > a hell of a lot easier.
signal_handler: catch signal use whatever nutty algorithm is wanted to pick a thread toss in time, random numbers, stock valuations, pthread_kill(selected_thread, ...)
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