Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 7 authors, 2001-11-15

RE: floating-point under ppc/linux

From: Giuliano Pochini <hidden>
Date: 2001-10-30 11:38:00

In other words, if a program blocks SIGFPE, does something that
generates a floating-point exception, then clears the exception status
in FPSCR, then unblocks SIGFPE, should it get a SIGFPE signal
delivered to it at that point ?
AFAIK posix says that blocked signals have to be queued (at least one
of them) and that signals have to be delivered when those signals are
unblocked. I don't know if it makes sense about hardware signals, but
that's the spec.

I agree with the signal modes you proposed, but you should also
allow the user to set the 11 mode in some way. Debuggers could need that.


Bye.


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