Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Jun 2005 19:07:15 +0100 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: [Patch][RFC] fcntl: add ability to stop monitored processes |
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On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 08:05:48PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote: > Hey there! > I've recently developed this patch in pursuit of an ability to trap > proceses making modifcations to monitored directories, and I thought It would be > a nice feature to add to the mainline kernel. It basically adds a flag to the > F_NOTIFY fcntl which optionally sends a SIGSTOP to the process making the > flagged modifications to the monitored directories, and passes the pid of the > stopped process to the monitoring process. I've tested it, and it works quite > well for me. Looking for comments/approvial/incorporation.
What stops me from setting a DN_STOPSND on /lib and preventing any new tasks from starting up?
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