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diff --git a/ghc/rts/Signals.c b/ghc/rts/Signals.c
index 6e5d859fda..730ede485b 100644
--- a/ghc/rts/Signals.c
+++ b/ghc/rts/Signals.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * $Id: Signals.c,v 1.8 1999/09/22 11:53:33 sof Exp $
+ * $Id: Signals.c,v 1.9 1999/11/02 15:06:02 simonmar Exp $
*
* (c) The GHC Team, 1998-1999
*
@@ -245,16 +245,37 @@ start_signal_handlers(void)
}
#endif
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ SIGINT handler.
+
+ We like to shutdown nicely after receiving a SIGINT, write out the
+ stats, write profiling info, close open files and flush buffers etc.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#ifdef SMP
+pthread_t startup_guy;
+#endif
+
static void
shutdown_handler(int sig)
{
+#ifdef SMP
+ /* if I'm a worker thread, send this signal to the guy who
+ * originally called startupHaskell(). Since we're handling
+ * the signal, it won't be a "send to all threads" type of signal
+ * (according to the POSIX threads spec).
+ */
+ if (pthread_self() != startup_guy) {
+ pthread_kill(startup_guy, sig);
+ } else
+#endif
+
shutdownHaskellAndExit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/*
* The RTS installs a default signal handler for catching
- * SIGINT, so that we can perform an orderly shutdown (finalising
- * objects and flushing buffers etc.)
+ * SIGINT, so that we can perform an orderly shutdown.
*
* Haskell code may install their own SIGINT handler, which is
* fine, provided they're so kind as to put back the old one
@@ -265,6 +286,9 @@ init_shutdown_handler()
{
struct sigaction action,oact;
+#ifdef SMP
+ startup_guy = pthread_self();
+#endif
action.sa_handler = shutdown_handler;
sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
action.sa_flags = 0;