From: george anzinger - Fix the sig_notify filtering code for the timer_create system call to properly check for the signal number being small enought, but only if SIG_NONE is not specified. - Eliminate useless test of sig_notify. kernel/posix-timers.c | 5 +---- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/posix-timers.c~hrtimers-fix-signone kernel/posix-timers.c --- 25/kernel/posix-timers.c~hrtimers-fix-signone 2003-05-07 09:58:03.000000000 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/kernel/posix-timers.c 2003-05-07 09:58:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -357,13 +357,10 @@ static inline struct task_struct * good_ rtn->tgid != current->tgid)) return NULL; - if ((event->sigev_notify & SIGEV_SIGNAL & MIPS_SIGEV) && + if ((event->sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_NONE & MIPS_SIGEV) && ((unsigned) (event->sigev_signo > SIGRTMAX))) return NULL; - if (event->sigev_notify & ~(SIGEV_SIGNAL | SIGEV_THREAD_ID)) - return NULL; - return rtn; } _