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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2016-08-17 14:34:38 +0200
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2019-03-16 19:42:59 +0100
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hurd: Document how EINTR should be handled in critical sections
* hurd/hurd/signal.h (_hurd_critical_section_lock): Document how EINTR should be handled.
Diffstat (limited to 'hurd')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/hurd/signal.h b/hurd/hurd/signal.h
index c30f536436..b0b53668d2 100644
--- a/hurd/hurd/signal.h
+++ b/hurd/hurd/signal.h
@@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ extern int _hurd_core_limit;
A critical section is a section of code which cannot safely be interrupted
to run a signal handler; for example, code that holds any lock cannot be
interrupted lest the signal handler try to take the same lock and
- deadlock result. */
+ deadlock result.
+
+ As a consequence, a critical section will see its RPCs return EINTR, even if
+ SA_RESTART is set! In that case, the critical section should be left, so
+ that the handler can run, and the whole critical section be tried again, to
+ avoid unexpectingly exposing EINTR to the application.
+ */
extern void *_hurd_critical_section_lock (void);