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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2009-10-23 08:45:29 +0200
committerThomas Schwinge <schwinge@nic-nac-project.de>2009-10-23 08:54:28 +0200
commitb6afa6bc8855b1da227b0599fa2bdea6af3eaa8b (patch)
treedcaccb93e5a989cec458df5d477228f0027cf5e3 /hurd
parent00afeeb7f68f8dddf624426fb73e7a153605de4d (diff)
hurd/glibc/internals (Signals): About (a)synchronity.
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@@ -25,3 +25,11 @@ following messages.
[[Unix]] signals are implemented in glibc.
In every process, signals are handled in a separate signal thread.
+
+ [Why does kill hang sometimes?]
+ <youpi> kill send the signal to the process
+ <youpi> if the process is hung, killing waits
+ <youpi> signals should be just asynchronous, but apparently for some reason
+ Roland & co wanted some syunchronization
+
+[[!taglink open_issue_glibc]]