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ls --color cannot be interrupted by a signal

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From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: ls --color cannot be interrupted by a signal
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:55:04 +0200

If 'ls --color' outputs to a terminal and a syscall blocks (e.g. while reading 
a directory from unresponsive network file system), it cannot be interrupted 
by a signal.

This seems to be caused by the code of ls, which sets the SA_RESTART flag on 
terminating signals.  A possible solution would be to reset the flag prior to 
calling certain blocking syscalls and process the signals synchronously in an 
EINTR loop.

Alternatively, we can document this behavior as intended (or broken by design) 
and suggest users to disable color output or redirect the output off terminal 
to work around the issue.

Any other idea how to solve it?

Originally reported at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1365933

Kamil

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