* [Bug 14411] pselect man page Linux notes appear to be out of date
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Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:
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Status|NEW |ASSIGNED
CC| |mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
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--- Comment #1 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> 2010-08-31 05:02:44 ---
Mike,
thanks for the report. I agree the text should be clearer. I applied the
following patch for man-pages-3.26.
Thanks,
Michael
--- a/man2/select.2
+++ b/man2/select.2
@@ -427,15 +427,19 @@ that did not take a
.I sigmask
argument.
-Since version 2.1, glibc has provided an emulation of
+Starting with version 2.1, glibc provided an emulation of
.BR pselect ()
-that is implemented using
+that was implemented using
.BR sigprocmask (2)
and
.BR select ().
-This implementation remains vulnerable to the very race condition that
+This implementation remained vulnerable to the very race condition that
.BR pselect ()
was designed to prevent.
+Modern versions of glibc use the (race-free)
+.BR pselect ()
+system call on kernels where it is provided.
+
On systems that lack
.BR pselect (),
reliable (and more portable) signal trapping can be achieved
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Resolution| |CODE_FIX
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