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| author | Philip Hazel <ph10@hermes.cam.ac.uk> | 2004-11-11 16:03:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Philip Hazel <ph10@hermes.cam.ac.uk> | 2004-11-11 16:03:47 +0000 |
| commit | 7d468ab86e8d0efcee1ccf8c715094699a157f28 (patch) | |
| tree | c2c83b8c5d260d2476cad5525e411530072027cc /doc | |
| parent | d00328e20768f90b0ee6ee0c2425997b3c3ff521 (diff) | |
(a) Changed to using os_restarting_signal() for setting the SIGCHLD
handler in the daemon; this may fix Tony's obscure occasional crashes.
(b) Reduced the size of the race window for noticing SIGCHLDs (note: it
is not *essential* for Exim to see them).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index 03a41b4dd..f76f22a32 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.22 2004/11/11 11:40:36 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.23 2004/11/11 16:03:47 ph10 Exp $ Change log file for Exim from version 4.21 ------------------------------------------- @@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ Exim version 4.44 since this list is usually IP addresses). A host name is now passed as "[x.x.x.x]". +24. Changed the calls that set up the SIGCHLD handler in the daemon to use the + code that specifies a non-restarting handler (typically sigaction() in + modern systems) in an attempt to fix a rare and obscure crash bug. + +25. Narrowed the window for a race in the daemon that could cause it to ignore + SIGCHLD signals. This is not a major problem, because they are used only to + wake it up if nothing else does. + Exim version 4.43 ----------------- |