pt_chown: Clear any signal mask inherited from the parent process.
If grantpt() is called from a thread that is masking signals (for instance, from a program using signalfd or using a dedicated signal-handling thread), then that mask will get inherited to pt_chown. This means that signals like SIGINT will not interrup pt_chown, so if it hangs (e.g., because getgrnam("tty") hangs on a remote name service), Ctrl-C will terminate the parent process but leave pt_chown around. Since it's setuid, it's hard to kill any other way. It is safe for pt_chown to unmask all signals, because grantpt() can be (and usually is) called from an unprivileged process with all signals unmasked.
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