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Date:      Wed, 12 Mar 1997 02:13:14 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        ache@nagual.ru, bde@zeta.org.au
Cc:        brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk, brian@utell.co.uk, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ppp
Message-ID:  <199703111513.CAA17912@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> Generally you don't care and can't tell exactly how many signals occurred
>> (the system doesn't count them).  One exception might be if SIGALRM is
>> pended and there is too large a latrency before unpending.  Then counting
>> could be used to tell how many SIGALRMs were mishandled :-).
>
>Why system? The handler count them. I.e. LQR package must be sent each 1.2
>seconds. When you delay handler, you can lost signal during delayed

All systems.  The kernel doesn't count signals, so if ppp isn't run for
more than 1.2 seconds then it will miss some alarms.  However, this probably
isn't important since it will miss much more than alarms :-).  There may be
problems with closer-spaced alarms if ppp wants to count them.

Bruce



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