Messages in this thread | | | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Only send pdeath_signal when getppid changes. | Date | Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:41:20 -0600 |
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Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> writes:
> On 04/10, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> >> So this patch fixes the pdeath_signal behaviour only sending a signal >> when the results of getppid would change. > > Don't get me wrong, I personally like this patch very much. However,
Good point.
I guess we have a simple question. Does a parent death signal make most sense between separately written programs?
If so this patch is a bug fix.
Does a parent death signal make most sense between processes that are part of a larger program.
If so there is little point to this patch.
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