#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
# include <unistd.h>
#endif
+#include <signal.h>
#define VLC_THREADS_UNINITIALIZED 0
#define VLC_THREADS_PENDING 1
vlc_mutex_lock( &p_this->object_lock );
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
+ sigset_t set, oldset;
+
+ /* We really don't want signals to (literaly) interrupt our blocking I/O
+ * system calls. SIGPIPE is especially bad, as it can be caused by remote
+ * peers through connected sockets. Generally, we cannot know which signals
+ * are handled by the main program. Also, external LibVLC bindings tend not
+ * to setup a proper signal mask before invoking LibVLC.
+ * Hence, we hereby block all signals, except those for which blocking is
+ * undefined, as listed below. Note that SIGKILL and SIGSTOP need not be
+ * listed (see the documentation for pthread_sigmask) here. */
+ sigfillset (&set);
+ sigdelset (&set, SIGFPE);
+ sigdelset (&set, SIGILL);
+ sigdelset (&set, SIGSEGV);
+ sigdelset (&set, SIGBUS);
+ pthread_sigmask (SIG_BLOCK, &set, &oldset);
+
i_ret = pthread_create( &p_priv->thread_id, NULL, thread_entry, boot );
+ pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
#ifndef __APPLE__
if( config_GetInt( p_this, "rt-priority" ) > 0 )