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Diffstat (limited to 'hurd')
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/hurd/signal.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/hurd/signal.h b/hurd/hurd/signal.h index c30f536436..b0b53668d2 100644 --- a/hurd/hurd/signal.h +++ b/hurd/hurd/signal.h @@ -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); |