> The nots section of the kill man page contains this paragraph:
>
> POSIX 1003.1-2003 requires that if a process sends a signal to
> itself, and that process does not have the signal blocked, and no
> other thread has it unblocked or is waiting for it in sigwait(),
> at least one unblocked signal must be delivered to the sending
> thread before the call of kill() returns.
>
> Presumably this means that if a thread which doesn't have the signal
> blocked in its mask raises the signal, it is gauranteed to get it
> before kill returns even if all other threads do have it blocked,
Correct.
> but
> it would be nice if this were stated explicitly.
Can you be more precise please. What text would you like
to see?
I have made one small change:
and that process does not have the signal blocked
becomes
and the sending thread does not have the signal blocked
Does this address your concern?
Cheers,
Michael
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