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We really shouldn't be doing a whole lot in our signal handler. The
signal handler can get called in the middle of a malloc, for example,
and if the signal handler tries to allocate memory then the program
can deadlock.
This change works around that problem by having the signal handler
write to a pipe. Our main program watches the pipe for incoming data
and performs the appropriate action.
This patch is from Shaun Lindsay at Meebo.
Fixes #10324
author | Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net> |
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date | Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:47:18 +0000 |
parents | e0613cf8c493 |
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/** @page cipher-signals Cipher Signals @signals @signal cipher-added @signal cipher-removed @endsignals @see cipher.h <hr> @signaldef cipher-added @signalproto void (*cipher_added)(PurpleCipher *cipher); @endsignalproto @signaldesc Emitted when a cipher is added. @param cipher The cipher that was added. @endsignaldef @signaldef cipher-removed @signalproto void (*cipher_removed)(PurpleCipher *cipher); @endsignalproto @signaldesc Emitted when a cipher is removed. @param cipher The cipher that was removed. @endsignaldef */ // vim: syntax=c.doxygen tw=75 et