Re: [PATCH 1/2] new valid_signal function

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> This patch adds a new function  valid_signal()  that tests if its argument 
> is a valid signal number. 
> 
> The reasons for adding this new function are:
> - some code currently testing _NSIG directly has off-by-one errors. Using 
> this function instead avoids such errors.
> - some code currently tests unsigned signal numbers for <0 which is 
> pointless and generates warnings when building with gcc -W. Using this 
> function instead avoids such warnings.
> 

Note to observers: I forgot to mention that the prelude to this patch can 
be found in the thread titled 
'[PATCH] fs/fcntl.c : don't test unsigned value for less than zero'


-- 
Jesper 


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