Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:54:47 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: synchronous signal in the blocked signal context |
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Siddha, Suresh B wrote: > > This patch (b0423a0d9cc836b2c3d796623cd19236bfedfe63) > > [PATCH] Remove duplicate code in signal.c > > reverts a patch introduced by Linus long time back.
Good catch.
> Was this intentional? > > With the current mainline code, SIGSEGV inside a SIGSEGV handler will endup > in linux handling endless recursive faults. > > Just wondering if this has been discussed before and is intentional.
It certainly wasn't discussed, and I don't think it was intentional. We should _not_ just unblock a blocked signal. We should kill the process, because sending the signal is actually very very wrong.
Paul? Should I just revert, or did you have some deeper reason for it?
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