Re: nanosleep interrupted by ignored signals

[George Anzinger <george@mvista.com>]

Matt Mackall wrote:
> 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?

This should have been resolved with the 2.6 changes, in particular, the restart 
code.  What kernel are you using?
> 

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