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    VT_WAITACTIVE: Avoid returning EINTR when not necessary · 70cb9793
    Linus Torvalds authored
    
    
    We should generally prefer to return ERESTARTNOHAND rather than EINTR,
    so that processes with unhandled signals that get ignored don't return
    EINTR.
    
    This can help with X startup issues:
    
        Fatal server error:
        xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed: Interrupted system call
    
    although the real fix is having the X server always retry EINTR
    regardless (since EINTR does happen for signals that have handlers
    installed). Keithp has a patch for that.
    
    Regardless, ERESTARTNOHAND is the correct thing to use.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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