On 3/23/09, Cyril Plisko <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
>  >> We can easily fix that but noneone asked before.
>  >>
>  >>  The sigset_t is 16 bytes (has room for 128 signals).  We only the first 
> 48
>  >>  bits so we can accommodate 88 RT signals (but certainly 32 RT signals)
>  >
>  > 64 realtime signals would be OK for a 64 bit operating system.
>
>
> Hm, a signal a bit ? Why ?

Random choice. Such signals are used for prioritised interthread and
interprocess communication.
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