On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Jesper Juhl wrote: > This patch adds a new function valid_signal() that tests if its argument > is a valid signal number. > > The reasons for adding this new function are: > - some code currently testing _NSIG directly has off-by-one errors. Using > this function instead avoids such errors. > - some code currently tests unsigned signal numbers for <0 which is > pointless and generates warnings when building with gcc -W. Using this > function instead avoids such warnings. >
Note to observers: I forgot to mention that the prelude to this patch can be found in the thread titled '[PATCH] fs/fcntl.c : don't test unsigned value for less than zero' -- Jesper - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
