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SubjectRe: kill -9 <pid of X>
On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Kragen wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> > On 12 Aug 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > So "that's not the kernel's job" is correct.
> >
> > I stand by my claim. If userspace cannot, by its nature, properly
> > guarantee the atomicity of those critical sections, video card programming
> > cannot be done properly in userspace. Thus, it *is* the kernel's job.
>
> Remember, we're talking about defending against signals from a hostile
> root who wants to crash the video card.

No we are not. Where did hostility come into this? There are
many legitimate reasons why I might want to kill -9 the X server.

Jon


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