On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 22:43 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:13:24 +0000 Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > In wait_task_stopped() exit_code already contains the right value for > > the si_status member of siginfo, and this is simply set in the non > > WNOWAIT case. > > > > Pass it unchanged to wait_noreap_copyout(); we would only need to > > shift it and add 0x7f if we were returning it in the user status field > > and that isn't used for any function that permits WNOWAIT. > > > Is this bug visible to userspace? If so, I'm surprised that none of the > various testsuites (which like to exercise this sort of interface) has > detected it. > Absolutely; if you call waitid() with a stopped or traced process, you'll get the signal in siginfo.si_status as expected -- however if you call waitid(WNOWAIT) at the same time, you'll get the signal << 8 | 0x7f
Scott -- Scott James Remnant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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