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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86 handle_vm86_trap cleanup

* Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> wrote:

> > for the record, this also changes semantics, because previously we'd
> > permanently unblock SIGTRAP (most certainly as a hack, to be able to
> > do the send_sig()), while now we use force_sig() which just ignores
> > the blocked mask. (and i agree with your fix of course)
>
> That's not so. force_sig_info (called by force_sig) removes the
> signal from the blocked set too. That is the only way to get the
> signal ever to be dequeued.

ah, indeed, i missed that :)

Ingo


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