Re: [LTP] New test : sniperkill - killing processes from a distance

[Subrata Modak <subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 22:06 -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: 
> Hi all,
>     The LTP signal tests are wonderful, but due to issues in our
> architecture, there were some unforeseen problems with some signal
> handling. As such I came up with a test and a C app named `sniperkill'
> and `killme.c'. sniperkill invokes killme according to a set matrix of
> signal numbers, according to the signal(7) manpage, verifying that the
> signal 1) terminates, 2) is ignored, or 3) is terminated producing a
> coredump. This also exercises the RT signals as well as the standard
> POSIX and Linux signals.
>     I verified the results on x86 and they were functional (minus
> SIGSYS which coredumped unexpectedly -- which means I get to file a
> bug with kernel.org -- yay!). I penciled in the other architectures as
> per the manpage, given that the other architectures we test on are
> clearly mentioned, I'm almost positive the data's in the correct
> spots, despite the ambiguity in the statement: `the first one is
> usually valid for alpha and sparc'.
>     I'm going to try running it on mips* and ppc, but the results
> won't be 100% sane with our OS platform (I know -- that's why wrote
> the test :(...).
>     An example log of my execution on x86_64 is included.
>     Please let me know if I should add this and where I should add
> this, so I can check it into the repo and more can benefit from this
> post-mortem analysis signal tool :).
> Thanks,
> -Garrett

Hey Garret. I feel it should go to a place where it signifies more:
testcases/kernel/syscalls/kill/

Regards--
Subrata

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