nanosleep interrupted by ignored signals

[Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>]

Take the following trivial program:

#include <unistd.h>

int main(void)
{
	sleep(10);
	return 0;
}

Run it in an xterm. Note that resizing the xterm has no effect on the
process. Now do the same with strace:

brk(0x80495bc)                          = 0x80495bc
brk(0x804a000)                          = 0x804a000
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
nanosleep({10, 0}, 0xbffff548)          = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system
call)
--- SIGWINCH (Window changed) ---
_exit(0)                                = ?

In short, nanosleep is getting interrupted by signals that are
supposedly ignored when a process is being praced. This appears to be
a long-standing bug.

It also appears to be a long-known bug. I found some old discussion of this
problem here but no sign of any resolution:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0108.1/1448.html

What's the current thinking on this?

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