Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] clean up SYS_signalfd

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 21/01/2015 13:57, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> SYS_signalfd is deprecated and absent on some Linux systems that do
> support signalfd().
> 
> Also, in 2015 the signalfd() libc function should be available wherever
> the underlying syscall(s) are available.
> 
> Drop SYS_signalfd and check for & use signalfd() directly.
> 
> Laszlo Ersek (2):
>   qemu_signalfd_available(): remove function due to lack of callers
>   signalfd(): modernize detection and use
> 
>  configure               | 11 ++++++++---
>  include/qemu/compatfd.h |  1 -
>  util/compatfd.c         | 24 ++----------------------
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

I suspect this will stop using signalfd on RHEL5.  I wouldn't weep, but
it's worth pointing it out.

Paolo