Re: [PATCH] Only send pdeath_signal when getppid changes.

Eric W. Biederman
2007-04-10T17:43:10Z

Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> writes:

> On 04/10, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>
>> So this patch fixes the pdeath_signal behaviour only sending a signal
>> when the results of getppid would change.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I personally like this patch very much. However,

Good point.

I guess we have a simple question.
Does a parent death signal make most sense between separately written programs?

If so this patch is a bug fix.

Does a parent death signal make most sense between processes that are part of
a larger program.

If so there is little point to this patch.

Eric