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hurd: Document how EINTR should be handled in critical sections

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* hurd/hurd/signal.h (_hurd_critical_section_lock): Document how EINTR
	should be handled.
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2019-03-16 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
* hurd/hurd/signal.h (_hurd_critical_section_lock): Document how EINTR
should be handled.
2019-03-15 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall-names.list: Update kernel

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@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ extern int _hurd_core_limit;
A critical section is a section of code which cannot safely be interrupted
to run a signal handler; for example, code that holds any lock cannot be
interrupted lest the signal handler try to take the same lock and
deadlock result. */
deadlock result.
As a consequence, a critical section will see its RPCs return EINTR, even if
SA_RESTART is set! In that case, the critical section should be left, so
that the handler can run, and the whole critical section be tried again, to
avoid unexpectingly exposing EINTR to the application.
*/
extern void *_hurd_critical_section_lock (void);