[PATCH] nptl: Provide a way to block all signals for the timer helper thread
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Tue May 12 15:03:29 GMT 2020
* Florian Weimer:
> timer_create needs to create threads with all signals blocked,
> including SIGTIMER (which happens to equal SIGCANCEL). Add a new
> internal interface which provides an explicit way to achieve that.
>
> Fixes commit b3cae39dcbfa2432b3f3aa28854d8ac57f0de1b8 ("nptl: Start
> new threads with all signals blocked [BZ #25098]").
>
> Tested on x86_64-linux-gnu.
I have not seen the rt/tst-timer-sigmask failure myself, so I'd
appreciate if someone who saw it could verify that it is gone with this
patch.
Thanks,
Florian
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