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Add signal.SIGSTKFLT constant (Linux) #89806

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gareth-rees mannequin opened this issue Oct 28, 2021 · 4 comments
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Add signal.SIGSTKFLT constant (Linux) #89806

gareth-rees mannequin opened this issue Oct 28, 2021 · 4 comments
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gareth-rees mannequin commented Oct 28, 2021

BPO 45643
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  • bpo-45643: Add signal.SIGSTKFLT on platforms where this is defined. #29266
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    gareth-rees mannequin commented Oct 28, 2021

    BACKGROUND

    On Linux, "man 7 signal" includes SIGSTKFLT in its table of "various other signals":

    Signal     Value   Action  Comment
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
SIGSTKFLT  -,16,-   Term   Stack fault on coprocessor (unused)

    Here "-,16,-" means that the signal is defined with the value 16 on x86 and ARM but not on Alpha, SPARC or MIPS. I believe that the intention was to use SIGSTKFLT for stack faults on the x87 math coprocessor, but this was either removed or never implemented, so that the signal is defined in /usr/include/signal.h but not used by the Linux kernel.

    USE CASE

    SIGSTKFLT is one of a handful of signals that are not used by the kernel, so that user-space programs are free to use it for their own purposes, for example for inter-thread or inter-process pre-emptive communication.

    Accordingly, it would be nice if the name SIGSTKFLT were available in the Python signal module on the platforms where the signal is available, for use and reporting in these cases.

    @gareth-rees gareth-rees mannequin added 3.11 only security fixes stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-feature A feature request or enhancement labels Oct 28, 2021
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    gareth-rees mannequin commented Nov 17, 2021

    Tagging vstinner as you have touched Modules/signalmodule.c a few times in the last year. What do you think?

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    New changeset a62be77 by Gareth Rees in branch 'main':
    bpo-45643: Add signal.SIGSTKFLT on platforms where this is defined (GH-29266)
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    @vstinner vstinner changed the title SIGSTKFLT is missing from the signals module on Linux Add signal.SIGSTKFLT constant (Linux) Dec 13, 2021
    @vstinner vstinner changed the title SIGSTKFLT is missing from the signals module on Linux Add signal.SIGSTKFLT constant (Linux) Dec 13, 2021
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    I merged your PR, thanks!

    I'm curious how people use this signal :-)

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