> Does a parent death signal make most sense between separately written > programs?
I don't think it does. It has always seemed an utterly cockamamy feature to me, and I've never understood what actually motivated it. > Does a parent death signal make most sense between processes that are part of > a larger program. That is the only way I can really see it being used. The only actual example of use I know is what Albert Cahalan reported. To my mind, the only semantics that matter for pdeath_signal are what previous uses expected in the past and still need for compatibility. If we started with a fresh rationale from the ground up on what the feature is good for, I am rather skeptical it would pass muster to be added today. Thanks, Roland - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
