On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Andy Dalton<andy.dalton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Denis, > > You have a race condition. If the parent process gets scheduled first and > executes the pause() before the child runs and sends the SIGUSR1 signal, you > get the behavior you're expecting. However, if the child gets scheduled > first and sends the signal before the parent has executed pause(), when the > parent eventually gets scheduled it will execute the pause() and block > waiting for some signal (after the signal send by the child has already been > received and handled). > > Andy > This is similar to the truth. Thanks. -- Regards, Denis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
