linux/arch/s390/kernel
Steven Rostedt 69be8f1896 [PATCH] convert signal handling of NODEFER to act like other Unix boxes.
It has been reported that the way Linux handles NODEFER for signals is
not consistent with the way other Unix boxes handle it.  I've written a
program to test the behavior of how this flag affects signals and had
several reports from people who ran this on various Unix boxes,
confirming that Linux seems to be unique on the way this is handled.

The way NODEFER affects signals on other Unix boxes is as follows:

1) If NODEFER is set, other signals in sa_mask are still blocked.

2) If NODEFER is set and the signal is in sa_mask, then the signal is
still blocked. (Note: this is the behavior of all tested but Linux _and_
NetBSD 2.0 *).

The way NODEFER affects signals on Linux:

1) If NODEFER is set, other signals are _not_ blocked regardless of
sa_mask (Even NetBSD doesn't do this).

2) If NODEFER is set and the signal is in sa_mask, then the signal being
handled is not blocked.

The patch converts signal handling in all current Linux architectures to
the way most Unix boxes work.

Unix boxes that were tested:  DU4, AIX 5.2, Irix 6.5, NetBSD 2.0, SFU
3.5 on WinXP, AIX 5.3, Mac OSX, and of course Linux 2.6.13-rcX.

* NetBSD was the only other Unix to behave like Linux on point #2. The
main concern was brought up by point #1 which even NetBSD isn't like
Linux.  So with this patch, we leave NetBSD as the lonely one that
behaves differently here with #2.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-08-29 10:03:11 -07:00
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asm-offsets.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
binfmt_elf32.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
bitmap.S Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
compat_exec_domain.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c [PATCH] s390: #ifdefs in compat_ioctls 2005-06-21 19:07:33 -07:00
compat_linux.c [PATCH] s390: fadvise hint values. 2005-07-13 11:25:24 -07:00
compat_linux.h [PATCH] compat: introduce compat_time_t 2005-06-23 09:45:32 -07:00
compat_ptrace.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
compat_signal.c [PATCH] convert signal handling of NODEFER to act like other Unix boxes. 2005-08-29 10:03:11 -07:00
compat_wrapper.S [PATCH] s390: ioprio & inotify system calls. 2005-08-01 21:37:59 -07:00
cpcmd.c [PATCH] broken inline asm on s390 (misuse of labels) 2005-08-23 18:43:44 -07:00
crash.c [PATCH] kdump: Use real pt_regs from exception 2005-06-25 16:24:54 -07:00
debug.c [PATCH] s390: debug feature changes 2005-06-25 16:24:37 -07:00
ebcdic.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
entry64.S [PATCH] s390: cpu timer reset in machine check handler 2005-07-27 16:26:05 -07:00
entry.S [PATCH] s390: cpu timer reset in machine check handler 2005-07-27 16:26:05 -07:00
head64.S [PATCH] s390: check for interrupt before waiting 2005-07-29 15:01:14 -07:00
head.S [PATCH] s390: check for interrupt before waiting 2005-07-29 15:01:14 -07:00
init_task.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
irq.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
machine_kexec.c [PATCH] s390: kexec fixes and improvements. 2005-08-01 21:37:59 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] kexec: s390 support 2005-06-25 16:24:51 -07:00
module.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
process.c [PATCH] s390: improved machine check handling 2005-06-25 16:24:37 -07:00
profile.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ptrace.c [PATCH] s390: uml ptrace fixes 2005-06-04 17:13:00 -07:00
reipl64.S Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
reipl.S Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
relocate_kernel64.S [PATCH] s390: kexec fixes and improvements. 2005-08-01 21:37:59 -07:00
relocate_kernel.S [PATCH] s390: kexec fixes and improvements. 2005-08-01 21:37:59 -07:00
s390_ext.c [PATCH] s390: external call performance 2005-07-27 16:26:04 -07:00
s390_ksyms.c [PATCH] s390: default storage key 2005-05-01 08:58:58 -07:00
semaphore.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
setup.c [PATCH] s390: spin lock retry 2005-07-27 16:26:04 -07:00
signal.c [PATCH] convert signal handling of NODEFER to act like other Unix boxes. 2005-08-29 10:03:11 -07:00
smp.c [PATCH] s390: kexec fixes and improvements. 2005-08-01 21:37:59 -07:00
sys_s390.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
syscalls.S [PATCH] s390: ioprio & inotify system calls. 2005-08-01 21:37:59 -07:00
time.c [PATCH] s390: idle timer setup 2005-05-01 08:58:57 -07:00
traps.c [PATCH] s390: kexec fixes and improvements. 2005-08-01 21:37:59 -07:00
vmlinux.lds.S Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
vtime.c [PATCH] s390: idle timer setup 2005-05-01 08:58:57 -07:00