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Re: [PATCH, libgfortran] PR 67585 Handle EINTR
- From: Mike Stump <mikestump at comcast dot net>
- To: Janne Blomqvist <blomqvist dot janne at gmail dot com>
- Cc: FX <fxcoudert at gmail dot com>, Fortran List <fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org>, GCC Patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 12:26:48 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH, libgfortran] PR 67585 Handle EINTR
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On Oct 7, 2016, at 5:59 AM, Janne Blomqvist <blomqvist.janne@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So I suppose in theory you could have a situation where something
> continuously fires signals at the process, and the result is some kind
> of race between the process restarting the syscall which then never
> manages to complete before being interrupted again. But I think this
> goes into the "Doctor, this hurts! Then don't do that" territory.
No, this is in the territory of seriously broken software that I don't think has ever existed.