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Re: A new pthread patch
- To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)
- Subject: Re: A new pthread patch
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu>
- Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:50:11 -0500
- cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com (GNU C Library)
On 08 Feb 1999 07:46:15 -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu> writes:
>> Ulrich: I think __libc_allocate_rtsig or equivalent _should_ be user
>> visible. Otherwise, someone will blindly write code that uses
>> SIGRTMAX in a threaded app, not realizing that libc wants it for
>> internal use.
>
>I don't see why. On every system an application has to get by without
>the allocation function. It should only be used internally since it
>will make it possible to adjust the SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX values. The
>application will have to allocate numers relative to these values in a
>way which does not lead to conflicts.
As long as we do adjust SIGRTMIN/MAX when __libc_allocate_rtsig gets
used, I'm happy.
zw