> Right. I was working on a fix for that for a different reason. What we
quoted text
> really want is a check for such a timer on a transition from SIGIGN to
> another state.  This would allow us to drop the ugly auto rearm code
> for ignored timers completely. I had some working proof of concept
> code, but got distracted. Need to find it again and dust if off.

That is certainly what came first to mind.  (Note that it's not strictly
SIG_IGN alone, but sigaction_says_ignore.)  We'll have to contemplate a lot
of corners to be sure we get it right.  It's not real clear to me how you
go about finding all the affected timers sanely from sigaction.


Thanks,
Roland
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