mmap not async-signal-safe?

2013-07-17 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Hi all, As we all know, from a signal handler it is only safe to call functions that are "async signal safe". I have a couple of questions (three, actually), if anyone happens to know the answer to: First, why the name? The list contains functions that are obviously not async. Does that mean thes

Re: mmap not async-signal-safe?

2013-07-17 Thread Baruch Siach
Hi Shachar, On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 06:36:57AM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > As we all know, from a signal handler it is only safe to call functions > that are "async signal safe". I have a couple of questions (three, > actually), if anyone happens to know the answer to: > > First, why the name

Re: mmap not async-signal-safe?

2013-07-18 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Shachar Shemesh writes: > Hi all, > > As we all know, from a signal handler it is only safe to call > functions that are "async signal safe". I have a couple of questions > (three, actually), if anyone happens to know the answer to: > > First, why the name? The list contains functions that are ob