[Python-Dev] Signals, threads, blocking C functions

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Michael Hudson schrieb:
>> According to [1], all python needs to do to avoid this problem is
>> block all signals in all but the main thread;
> 
> Argh, no: then people who call system() from non-main threads end up
> running subprocesses with all signals masked, which breaks other
> things in very mysterious ways.  Been there...

Python should register a pthread_atfork handler then, which clears
the signal mask. Would that not work?

Regards,
Martin