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* [hurd,commited] hurd: Document how EINTR should be handled in critical sections
@ 2019-03-16 18:43 Samuel Thibault
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From: Samuel Thibault @ 2019-03-16 18:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: libc-alpha; +Cc: Samuel Thibault, commit-hurd

	* hurd/hurd/signal.h (_hurd_critical_section_lock): Document how EINTR
	should be handled.
---
 ChangeLog          | 5 +++++
 hurd/hurd/signal.h | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3d2bdc8143..ce14d885b2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-03-16  Samuel Thibault  <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
+
+	* hurd/hurd/signal.h (_hurd_critical_section_lock): Document how EINTR
+	should be handled.
+
 2019-03-15  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall-names.list: Update kernel
diff --git a/hurd/hurd/signal.h b/hurd/hurd/signal.h
index c30f536436..b0b53668d2 100644
--- a/hurd/hurd/signal.h
+++ b/hurd/hurd/signal.h
@@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ extern int _hurd_core_limit;
    A critical section is a section of code which cannot safely be interrupted
    to run a signal handler; for example, code that holds any lock cannot be
    interrupted lest the signal handler try to take the same lock and
-   deadlock result.  */
+   deadlock result.
+
+   As a consequence, a critical section will see its RPCs return EINTR, even if
+   SA_RESTART is set!  In that case, the critical section should be left, so
+   that the handler can run, and the whole critical section be tried again, to
+   avoid unexpectingly exposing EINTR to the application.
+   */
 
 extern void *_hurd_critical_section_lock (void);
 
-- 
2.20.1


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