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From: ern0 <ern0@linkbroker.hu>
Subject: Re: Slow signal delivery to server process with heavy I/O
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:06:49 +0200
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> The kernel selects one thread which hasn't blocked the signal.

So if you want to catch signals ASAP, is it a good strategy to
- leave one thread for signal catching, it may perform sleeps;
- other threads should block all signals?
-- 
ern0
dataflow programmer & evangelist