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Subject: Re: Strange stop-signal behavior in multithreaded program with
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg () redhat ! com>
Date: 2008-10-30 10:00:12
Message-ID: 20081030110000.GA3767 () redhat ! com
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On 10/28, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
>
> Bert Wesarg described a scenario that I quickly replicated on
> 2.6.28-rc2 (and 2.6.25 -- it's not a regression in 2.6.28-rc)
> using the program below: if we have a multithreaded process
> with a defunct main thread running on a tty, and that
> process is sent a stop signal (either ^Z (SIGTSTP) or a stop
> signal sent from another terminal using kill(1)), then:
>
> a) the terminal is locked up; and
>
> b) the program is unresponsive to any other signal, except SIGKILL
> or SIGCONT.
Yes, known problem. Please look at
[RFC,PATCH 3/3] do_wait: fix waiting for stopped group with dead leader
http://marc.info/?t=119713920000003
Oleg.
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