From 5a0b30dbda413b39b926ca3d79bc2acfbeef1be4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Weinhold Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:06:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Don't cancel the alarm on exec*(). POSIX alarm() requires that. The BeBook doesn't mention the expected set_alarm() behavior. Tests under BeOS R5 Bone crash the system in either case, though, so I guess we're free to go with the expected POSIX behavior. This make detection of hanging tests in the Open POSIX Test Suite work. git-svn-id: file:///srv/svn/repos/haiku/haiku/trunk@36046 a95241bf-73f2-0310-859d-f6bbb57e9c96 --- src/system/kernel/thread.cpp | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp b/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp index a766f06d69..be065b53de 100644 --- a/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp +++ b/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp @@ -1705,8 +1705,9 @@ thread_reset_for_exec(void) { struct thread *thread = thread_get_current_thread(); - cancel_timer(&thread->alarm); reset_signals(thread); + + // Note: We don't cancel an alarm. It is supposed to survive exec*(). }