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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: pthread_sigmask bug
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On Jul  8 17:16, Eric Blake wrote:
> The current implementation of pthread_sigmask violates POSIX:
> 
> extern "C" int
> pthread_sigmask (int operation, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *old_set)
> {
>   return handle_sigprocmask (operation, set, old_set, _my_tls.sigmask);
> }
> 
> POSIX requires that sigprocmask returns -1 and sets errno on failure,
> but that pthread_sigmask returns a positive error value on failure (and
> for QoI leaves errno untouched).
> 
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/sigprocmask.html

PTC?


Corinna

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