From:	newsham AT lava DOT net (Tim Newsham)
Subject:	connect vs. signals
7 May 1998 22:54:25 -0700 :
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To:	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

putting

      block_sig_dispatch();
and
      allow_sig_dispatch();

around the i_connect call in cygwin32_connect() fixes the signal/connect
race condition demonstrated in the test program I posted earlier.  This
should probably be added to the main sources.

There's also an i_connect call in socketpair() which probably needs
protecting as well, but I haven't bothered doing any tests on it.

I could provide diffs, but they're simple and also poluted with
other changes I've made.

Is there any place I can go to see what the current winsup files
look like?  Anonymous cvs would be great :)

Oh also an issue I mentioned before but haven't heard any feedback
on -- winsup has a regexp package in it.  This package provides
the old non-standard regexp interface.  Shouldn't it be replaced
with the standard posix regex interface (which implements the
same functions but has a slightly different interface)?

                                       Tim N.
   

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