This allows for rtld to not issue two sigprocmask(2) syscalls for each
symbol binding operation in single-threaded processes. Rtld needs to
block signals as part of locking to ensure signal safety of the bind
process, because signal handlers might need to lazily resolve symbol
references.
As result, number of syscalls issued on startup by simple programs not
using libthr, is typically reduced 2x. For instance, for hello world,
I see:
non-sigfastblock
# (truss ./hello > /dev/null) |& wc -l
63
sigfastblock
# (truss ./hello > /dev/null) |& wc -l
37
Tested by: pho
Disscussed with: cem, emaste, jilles
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12773
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