Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] pidfd: change pidfd_send_signal() to respect PIDFD_THREAD

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>]

On 02/10, Christian Brauner wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 02:15:18PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > On 02/10, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > >
> > > The question is what is more useful for userspace when they do:
> > > pidfd_send_signal(1234, PIDFD_SEND_PROCESS_GROUP)?
> > >
> > > (1) They either mean to signal a process group that is headed by 1234.
> >
> > Yes, this is what I had in mind, see also another email from me.
> > Simple, clear, and matches kill(-1234).
>
> I went for a walk and kept thinking about this and I agree with you.
> It will require that 1234 will be a process group leader but I think
> that this is ok to require that.

Yes... but I am starting to understand why you mentioned the new
open PIDFD_PROCESS_GROUP flag... perhaps we can do something like
this later, but this needs more thinking.

> +	if (type == PIDFD_SIGNAL_PROCESS_GROUP)
> +		ret = kill_pgrp_info(sig, &kinfo, pid);

I guess you meant

	if (type == PIDTYPE_PGID)

other than that,

Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>