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To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
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Ian Jackson wrote:
> Gerd Hoffmann writes ("Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/13] Handle terminating signals."):
>> What this would be useful for?  The termination signals usualy one-shot
>> anyway, so I don't see any advantage in doing the pipe-to-self trick.
> 
> The point is that then they can interrupt select().

Sure, basically any signal can interrupt any system call.  I still don't
see the point you are trying to make.

cheers,
  Gerd