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SubjectRe: OLS and console rearchitecture
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> On Llu, 2004-08-02 at 17:21, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> > A configuration file for killall5 in which services/daemons get
>> > defined that should not be signalled ?
>>
>> IMHO a better solution would be some kind of process flag that can be
>> interrogated by killall5.
>
> Policy belongs in user space. This is entirely policy and personal
> preference.

The kernel would only function as a repository and makes sure the flag is
inherited across execve(). Any policy will only be set by user space.

Andreas.

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