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Defect in XSH pthread_sigmask

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Subject: Defect in XSH pthread_sigmask
From: Geoff Clare <gwc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:55:20 +0100
@ page 1155 line 36291 section pthread_sigmask objection [gwc pthread_sigmask 
pthread_kill]

Problem:

Defect code :  1. Error

The pthread_sigmask() page says:

    "If any of the SIGFPE, SIGILL, SIGSEGV, or SIGBUS signals are
    generated while they are blocked, the result is undefined, unless
    the signal was generated by the kill() function, the sigqueue()
    function, or the raise() function."

The function list is missing pthread_kill().

The exception should also apply to signals sent by other processes
regardless of what language the other process was written in.
E.g. currently it does not allow for a signal that was generated by
another process calling the Ada Send_Signal() procedure.

Action:

Change

    "unless the signal was generated by the kill() function, the
    sigqueue() function, or the raise() function."

to

    "unless the signal was generated by the action of another
    process, or by one of the functions kill(), pthread_kill(),
    raise(), or sigqueue()."

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