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Re: Is malloc signal-"tolerant"?
From: |
Wolfram Gloger |
Subject: |
Re: Is malloc signal-"tolerant"? |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 15:07:29 +0100 ("MET) |
> IOW, the idea behind this is to allow memory operations on an error path
> that is strictly separate from a "useful work path" - and the error path
> will never merge with the work path again?
Only if you use siglongjmp(). When you return from the signal handler
'normally', everything should be fine.
> In a sense this means that the error path (entered from a longjmp() out
> of a signal handler) will have to invariably lead to program
> termination?
In most cases I'd say so, yes.
Regards,
Wolfram.