Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] SIGTERM and SIGINT handler to flush xentop -b outputs

[INAKOSHI Hiroya <inakoshi.hiroya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

thanks for your comment.  I see your point.  I will post another patch 
in a separate e-mail.  It uses a signal handler in a safe manner.
Regards,
Hiroya

John Levon wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 10:22:16AM +0900, INAKOSHI Hiroya wrote:
>
> > +void a_sig_handler(int n)
> > +{
> > +       fflush(stdout);
> > +       exit(0);
> > +}
> Neither exit() nor fflush() are guaranteed signal safe:
>
> http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/xsh_chap02_04.html#tag_02_04_03
>
> so can't be used in signal handlers.
>
> >         } else {
> > +                       signal(SIGTERM, a_sig_handler);
> > +                       signal(SIGINT, a_sig_handler);
> There's never a reason to use signal() these days, even if you made the
> handler use _exit()
>
> regards
> john
>
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