On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Shvetima Gulati wrote: > It is known that sigsuspend returns only after the signal catching > function returns. So if sigsuspend receives more than one signals at the The signal delivery in the kernel is effectively done by the function do_signal() in which each pending signal is extracted using function dequeue_signal(). This function returns the lowest pending signal at a time. Then the handler for that is executed. So there will not be a simultaneous signal handling. HTH. Om. -- Omanakuttan.N. Perl, C, C++. Linux It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical? -- Alan Perlis -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/