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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: allow killing processes via file descriptors
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:15:11 -0800
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On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 10:07 AM Daniel Colascione <dancol@google.com> wrote:
> Next, I want to merge my exithand proposal, or something like it. It's
> likewise a simple change that, in a minimal way, addresses a
> longstanding API deficiency. I'm very strongly against the
> POLLERR-on-directory variant of the idea.

Can you explain why you don't like POLLERR-on-a-directory?  I'm not
saying that POLLERR-on-a-directory is fantastic, but I'd like to
understand what your objection is.