Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/12/1998 18:21:59
On Sat, 12 Sep 1998 18:45:04 -0700 (PDT)
Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@netbsd.org> wrote:
> Module Name: src
> Committed By: thorpej
> Date: Sun Sep 13 01:45:04 UTC 1998
>
> Modified Files:
> src/sys/arch/i386/i386: machdep.c
> src/sys/arch/i386/include: signal.h
> Log Message:
> Fix thinko in last thinko fix. We always have to store an old style
> signal mask since a 1.3 binary may attempt to invoke sigreturn(2) directly
> for an alternate exit from the signal handler. If we don't do this, it will
> get a garbage signal mask if it tries to do that.
...and I would like to state for the record that if we ever switch to an
SVR4-style sigcontext structure, we will have to change our magic numbers
because we'll need a new sendsig() (for this very reason).
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