Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:35:00 -0400 | From | Neil Horman <> | Subject | Re: [Patch][RFC] fcntl: add ability to stop monitored processes |
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On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 07:07:15PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > 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? > Good point. Would it be sufficient to limit this ability to root owned processes only? Does it seem like a beneficial feature otherwise?
Thanks and Regards Neil
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