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Re: Cygwin >= 1.7.7 Installing a signal handler causes system calls in other threads to get interrupted.

From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:40:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Cygwin >= 1.7.7 Installing a signal handler causes system calls in other threads to get interrupted.
References: <0C11C5BF0B29FD43A8D0250F711D497F7F6CC9DAF4@ex01-ubitronix.ubitronix.local> <0C11C5BF0B29FD43A8D0250F711D497F7FA1B8735A@ex01-ubitronix.ubitronix.local>
Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:52:09PM +0100, Manuel Wienand wrote:
>Hi,
>
>any suggestions? Can anyone confirm the problem (at least for me the behavior is unexpected...)?

Cygwin's handling of signals with threads is not currently compliant
with POSIX.  It's on my todo list to fix but I don't have an ETA.

cgf

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- Cygwin >= 1.7.7 Installing a signal handler causes system calls in other threads to get interrupted.
  - From: Manuel Wienand
- AW: Cygwin >= 1.7.7 Installing a signal handler causes system calls in other threads to get interrupted.
  - From: Manuel Wienand

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