Subject: Re: SA_SIGINFO notes
To: None <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/07/2003 10:41:16
On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 10:09 AM, Matthias Drochner wrote:
> This would be inconsistent with the documentation (siginfo(5)):
> If si_code is less than or equal to zero, the signal was
> generated by a
> user process or a user requested service:
> SI_USER
> [...]
> SI_TIMER
> [...]
> SI_ASYNCIO
>
> My proposed patch was motivated by exactly this sentence.
So what is si_code going to be for SIGCHLD? > 0, but yet it is not
generated by a trap, so I don't see how > 0 is a reliable test for
"generated by trap".
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>