Subject: Re: sigvec and SV_INTERRUPT
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
From: Klaus Klein <kleink@reziprozitaet.de>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/03/2005 19:18:20
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 11:48:26AM -0500, Christos Zoulas wrote:

> I consider lv broken for:
> 1. using sigvec in the first place
> 2. assuming that SV_INTERRUPT exists just because sigvec is in libc.

Obsolescence of a (now) rarely used interface set aside, something
went wrong in this part of compat reorg:

  * the prototype is no longer available through <signal.h>
  * SV_INTERRUPT _is_ documented in sigvec(2), albeit the NOTES
    section's backward compatibility warning looks funny in light
    of the recent reorg.


- Klaus