Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: kill -9 <pid of X> | Date | Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:23:02 -0500 | From | Jon Hamilton <> |
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In message <Pine.HPP.3.91.980812140323.6780F-100000@gaia.ecs.csus.edu>, "Jon M. Taylor" wrote: } 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 programmin } g } > > 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.
Why not name a few, then, rather than waving your hands?
-- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com
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