From 1dca817a2dc7513cce8b91a82dbac8e721534fcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 02:25:12 +0200 Subject: info: why we do not use SIGRTMIN MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- doc/info/mds.texinfo | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/info') diff --git a/doc/info/mds.texinfo b/doc/info/mds.texinfo index 50f1c85..4a810fc 100644 --- a/doc/info/mds.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/mds.texinfo @@ -388,8 +388,12 @@ instead of @command{SIGUSR1}. If you need servers to free up allocated memory that they do not use, send the signal @command{SIGDANGER}, or if not defined -@command{SIGRTMIN + 1}. Unimportant servers may -choose to die on @command{SIGDANGER}. +@command{SIGRTMIN + 1}@footnote{@command{valgrind} +uses @command{SIGRTMIN} for internal stuff, so +we cannot use @command{SIGRTMIN} as it is hence +unavailable when running under @command{valgrind}}. +Unimportant servers may choose to die on +@command{SIGDANGER}. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2