Subject: Re: proposal for Linux exit_group emulation
To: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>
From: Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/02/2005 14:57:17
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 02:56:26PM +0100, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
> > In order to exit all the processes in a group:
> > - I awake sleeping processes
> > - I tag processes as doomed by exit_grouo
> > - a test in syscall and userret checks the tag and call exit1 if nescessary.
> > 
> > I'm not sure the test in syscall is a good idea.
> 
> It's not - that is no-starter.

Could you please suggest an alternative?

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
manu@netbsd.org