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Re: block_input for some APIs
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: block_input for some APIs |
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Tue, 13 Dec 2016 05:43:25 +0200 |
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:08:45 -0800
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> On 12/12/2016 10:01 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Does anyone remember why we block input around calls to functions like
> > getpwnam or tzset or fwrite?
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> I think this dates back to when C-g and/or other handlers called
> longjmp.
Right, that was my guess as well. Thanks.
> If I'm right, we don't need to block input around them any more,
> since our signal handlers are safer now.
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> Similarly for MALLOC_BLOCK_INPUT; we should be able to get rid of its
> machinery now.
Yes, I think it would be good to get rid of those of them we don't
need any longer.