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From: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Set SA_RESTART flag on SIGCHLD handler
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:14:35 -0400
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On 06/26/2012 08:19 AM, Anders Kaseorg wrote:
>> But if that=E2=80=99s what happened, it seems like a kernel bug to m=
e!
>> Shouldn=E2=80=99t an open() call only be restarted or return EINTR i=
n the case
>> that it hasn=E2=80=99t had any side effects yet and can safely be re=
started?
>
> I submitted a kernel patch:
> http://marc.info/?l=3Dlinux-kernel&m=3D134071285509470

That=E2=80=99s now merged as v3.5~31, v3.4.6~25, and v3.0.38~17.

Anders