Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> writes: > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Eric W. Biederman > <ebied...@xmission.com> wrote: >> >> We never signal the orignal parent. We signal the child that >> requested the pdeath_signal when the original parent dies. > > Yeah, I keep making that mistake, because I always confuse this with > the exit_signal handling. > > Just mentally kick me next time I do that: "Christ, Linus, not > *again*! Take your damn meds" > > Anyway, it's more the "another confusing and fragile special case that > will probably not be used very widely and cause confusion because it > lacks any test coverage" thing I worry about most.
Agreed. That makes a more general solution perferable. Eric
