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Valgrind is a better example of a library using sigusr1 and sigusr2 than linuxthreads (which seems to be defunct).

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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ than this. See the documentation for the pool class.
On Unix platforms, the MPS suspends and resumes threads by sending
them signals. There's a shortage of available signals that aren't
already dedicated to other purposes (for example, LinuxThreads
already dedicated to other purposes (for example, ValGrind
uses ``SIGUSR1`` and ``SIGUSR2``), so the MPS uses ``SIGXCPU`` and
``SIGXFSZ``. This means that programs must not mask these two
signals.