From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756488Ab2DMTZ0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:25:26 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:18471 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756421Ab2DMTZY (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:25:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:24:55 +0200 From: Oleg Nesterov To: Serge Hallyn Cc: Andrew Morton , Daniel Lezcano , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] pidns: reboot_pid_ns: use SEND_SIG_FORCED instead of force_sig() Message-ID: <20120413192455.GA24464@redhat.com> References: <20120413004446.GA8376@redhat.com> <20120413182051.GA11149@sergelap> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120413182051.GA11149@sergelap> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Serge, On 04/13, Serge Hallyn wrote: > > Quoting Oleg Nesterov (oleg@redhat.com): > > cf3f8921 "pidns: add reboot_pid_ns() to handle the reboot syscall" > > uses force_sig() to kill the SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE cinit, this was the > > only choice. > > > > After 629d362b we can use SEND_SIG_FORCED instead, force_sig() has > > the special semantics and should be avoided if possible. > > > > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov > > Hi Oleg, > > I like the patch in theory, however after applying it containers are > no longer able to shutdown/reboot. I can externally kill them with > lxc-stop, but internal shutdown fails. Oh, thanks a lot for testing. Strange... I even tested this change, but only in the root namespace. OK, thanks, I'll investigate. I hope you verified your kernel has 629d362b commit ;) Oleg.