On 12.07.19 15:26, Lange Norbert via Xenomai wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Xenomai <xenomai-boun...@xenomai.org> On Behalf Of Jan Kiszka >> via Xenomai >> Sent: Freitag, 12. Juli 2019 15:07 >> To: Norbert Lange <nolang...@gmail.com>; xenomai@xenomai.org >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] cobalt: remove call to sigprocmask >> >> E-MAIL FROM A NON-ANDRITZ SOURCE: AS A SECURITY MEASURE, PLEASE >> EXERCISE CAUTION WITH E-MAIL CONTENT AND ANY LINKS OR >> ATTACHMENTS. >> >> >> On 12.07.19 13:18, Norbert Lange via Xenomai wrote: >>> sigprocmask should not be used in multithreaded applications, doing so >>> is "unspecified". >> >> Is this more than cosmetic on Linux? Then it should be documented here >> because we shipped the change in 3.0.9, and if that may have caused >> regressions, users should know. > > There is no practical issue to be expected, AFAIK with NPTL at least. > The only issue could be, that libpthread is not pulled in (might need to run > some setup), but that’s ensured with libcobalt.
OK, applied to next. Will add to stable as well, just to avoid confusion. > > Sorry for the mess, must have send a stale patch in the first place (always > get problems with whitespace issues). > No problem. Thanks, Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RDA IOT SES-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux
