Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] signals: Support more than 64 signals | linux-security-module | Ratatoskr

[RFC PATCH 0/8] signals: Support more than 64 signals · Walt Drummond <hidden> · 2022-01-03
[RFC PATCH 3/8] signals: Use a helper function to test if a signal is a real-time signal. · Walt Drummond <hidden> · 2022-01-03
Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] signals: Support more than 64 signals · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> · 2022-01-03
Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] signals: Support more than 64 signals · Walt Drummond <hidden> · 2022-01-04
Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] signals: Support more than 64 signals · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> · 2022-01-04
Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] signals: Support more than 64 signals · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> · 2022-01-04

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] signals: Support more than 64 signals

From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: 2022-01-04 01:51:03
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 01:16:17AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 05:00:58PM -0800, Walt Drummond wrote:

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I simply wanted SIGINFO and VSTATUS, and that necessitated this.

Elaborate, please.  What exactly requires more than 32 rt signals?

More to the point, which system had SIGINFO >= SIGRTMIN?  Or signals
with numbers greater than SIGRTMAX, for that matter?

I really don't get it...