From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
To: sim@netnation.com, torvalds@transmeta.com
Cc: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kill(-1,sig)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:22:34 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <UTC200112142122.VAA22189.aeb@cwi.nl> (raw)
> Of course, a language lawyer will call "self" a "system process"
No, the standard very explicitly allow signalling oneself.
(And Linux also allowed that, e.g. in kill(0,sig), only until now
not in kill(-1,sig).)
>> Argh, I hate this. I fail to see what progress a process could make
>> if it kills everything _and_ itself.
Note that kill() is just a function that sends a signal.
The signal may well be SIGWINCH or SIGSTOP or so.
Andries
next reply other threads:[~2001-12-14 21:23 UTC|newest]
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2001-12-14 21:22 Andries.Brouwer [this message]
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2001-12-17 23:38 [PATCH] kill(-1,sig) Andries.Brouwer
2001-12-17 7:01 Richard Gooch
2001-12-17 11:41 ` vda
2001-12-17 16:41 ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-14 17:34 Andries.Brouwer
2001-12-14 20:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-12-17 9:34 ` Chris Wright
2001-12-17 14:41 ` vda
2001-12-17 11:53 ` Sean Hunter
2001-12-17 12:06 ` Matthew Kirkwood
2001-12-17 12:30 ` Sean Hunter
2001-12-17 12:16 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2001-12-17 16:06 ` vda
2001-12-14 20:36 ` Simon Kirby
2001-12-14 20:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-12-14 20:49 ` Simon Kirby
2001-12-15 10:19 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-12-15 14:03 ` Martin Josefsson
2001-12-15 23:09 ` Simon Kirby
2001-12-16 8:26 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-12-17 8:50 ` Helge Hafting
2001-12-17 20:51 ` Udo A. Steinberg
2001-12-17 21:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-12-17 22:06 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-12-18 17:27 ` Alan Cox
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