On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 18:16:21 -0500 Anton Blanchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi, > > > zap_other_threads() requires tasklist_lock. > > > > If we're going to do this then we should probably create some new function > > (with a better name) which takes tasklsit_lock and then calls > > zap_other_threads(). > > > > Does this patch fix any observed-in-the-real-world problem? If so, please > > describe it. > > Yeah we have had complaints where threaded apps have only one thread > shot down instead of the entire process. This leaves the application in > a bad state, whereas if it had been killed cleanly the application could > have restarted. > > My understanding is that fatal signals should kill all threads in the > group. > OK, well could we please get all that info appropriatelt captured in #2's changelog? Other architectures will probably need to implement this. - 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/
