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Re: [PATCH] nptl: Add tst-minstack-cancel, tst-minstack-exit [BZ #22636]
On 01/10/2018 12:35 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> On 01/10/2018 09:31 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> Should we mention that the signal stack should not be changed too?
>>
>> /* We do not use an alternate sized signal stack because we want
>> to also test that the SIGCANCEL handler can run in the
>> minimum stack. */
>
> Isn't this obvious? I mean, sigaltstack is *really* specialized.
It's a hard question to answer and it depends on the average competence
of people working on our test cases. It's exactly the reason why I asked
for your input :-)
It sounds like you don't think we need it, in which case I'm happy without
it also.
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Cheers,
Carlos.