Re: [RFC] TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME, arch/*/*/*signal*.c and all such

[Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:51:13 +0100
Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> do_signal()
> {
> 	if (we have any business doing restarts)
> 		// note: we won't get here on subsequent calls of do_signal()
> 		// due to the checks above; same logics that currently prevents
> 		// double restarts
> 		set NEED_RESTART flag
> 	sig = get_signal_to_deliver(...)
> 	if (sig) {
> 		if (NEED_RESTART set) {
> 			clear NEED_RESTART
> 			same thing we do at that spot now - restart or EINTR
> 			handle_signal(...)
> 			...
> 			return;
> 		}
> 	}
> 	/* no handler */
> 	if (test_and_clear_...(RESTORE_SIGMASK))
> 		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
> }
> and in asm glue, *after* checking for SIGPENDING/NOTIFY_RESUME, check
> NEED_RESTART and if it's set do what we currently do for restarts on
> handlerless signal.

You need to be careful with inferior calls there. gdb likes to play games
with the registers inside the get_signal_to_deliver call, it wants to be
able to jump out of an interrupted system call, do its inferior call in
the debugee and then return to the interrupted system call.
You would have to to read, modify & restore the NEED_RESTART flag in gdb
over an inferior call.

-- 
blue skies,
   Martin.

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