From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id C09913857415; Wed, 6 Apr 2022 14:46:14 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org C09913857415 From: "adhemerval.zanella at linaro dot org" To: glibc-bugs@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug nptl/29029] poll() spuriously returns EINTR during thread cancellation and with cancellation disabled Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:46:14 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: glibc X-Bugzilla-Component: nptl X-Bugzilla-Version: 2.34 X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: adhemerval.zanella at linaro dot org X-Bugzilla-Status: NEW X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P2 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at sourceware dot org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: security- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: glibc-bugs@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Glibc-bugs mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:46:14 -0000 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D29029 --- Comment #6 from Adhemerval Zanella --- (In reply to Florian Weimer from comment #5) > (In reply to Adhemerval Zanella from comment #4) > > Maybe one option would be to block the SIGCANCEL on the function noted = on > > signal(7) that never restarted after being interrupted if the cancellat= ion > > is disabled, and then re-enable the signal after the function returns (= on > > SYSCALL_CANCEL). >=20 > Technically yes, but it optimizes the wrong case because cancellation is > rare in most programs (or might never happen). Two extra system calls per > poll seems excessive. It seems that to fix the Linux behavious we will need to really avoid sendi= ng the SIGCANCEL unless the asynchrnous mode is enabled. I am really not found= of the old code complexity... --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=