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Date:	Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:50:43 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: found possible suspect for characters out of order bug
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On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:39:57AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>Remember the bug that keeps getting odd reports? Well I've got it
>happening regularly to me at home. I couldn't discuss it last night - no
>internet connection :[.
>
>What I think is happening is that the fhander_termios edit_line method
>is getting called as a signal. If any out of order queueing occurs with
>signals, that would cause the percieved symptoms.

I don't know what you mean by "is getting called as a signal".  Do you
mean it is being called in a signal handler?

If so, you'll have to expand on a scenario during which that could happen.
I can't imagine one.

cgf

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