> In general operating system terminology, "Signal" means just a message without any payload that would have required any memory allocation.
Do you have a link for this? It's the first time I'm seeing signals described in terms of lack of memory allocation. I always thought the word "signal" basically meant user-mode interrupts - asynchronously hijacking a thread.
Do you have a link for this? It's the first time I'm seeing signals described in terms of lack of memory allocation. I always thought the word "signal" basically meant user-mode interrupts - asynchronously hijacking a thread.