Hi together,
for some time now I have a pull request open
(https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1457) where I want to introduce the
two constants SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX and allow pcntl_signal() to register
handlers for "real-time signals" (from SIGRTMIN to SIGRTMAX).
From the signal manpage:
Unlike standard signals, real-time signals have no predefined meanings: the entire set of real-time signals can be used for application-defined purposes.
This allows cli applications/long running processes to communicate via
signals without assigning unexpected meaning to the well-known lower
(<SIGRTMIN) signals.
From what I see in the source code, all other functions related to
signals already handle signals in such a generic way that using
real-time signals is possible without a problem except you can not
safely know the actual values of SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX and you can not
register a handler for them with pcntl_signal().
Is there a need to create an RFC for this change? Or can someone review
it and maybe apply it?
Thanks,
Dennis