Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261847AbTELDkj (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 May 2003 23:40:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261864AbTELDkj (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 May 2003 23:40:39 -0400 Received: from 216-239-45-4.google.com ([216.239.45.4]:49136 "EHLO 216-239-45-4.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261847AbTELDki (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 May 2003 23:40:38 -0400 Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 20:53:09 -0700 From: Frank Cusack To: Chris Friesen Cc: Muli Ben-Yehuda , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [RFC] new syscall to allow notification when arbitrary pids die Message-ID: <20030511205309.A25546@google.com> References: <3EBC9C62.5010507@nortelnetworks.com> <20030510073842.GA31003@actcom.co.il> <3EBF144E.7050608@nortelnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3EBF144E.7050608@nortelnetworks.com>; from cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com on Sun, May 11, 2003 at 11:26:06PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 507 Lines: 13 On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 11:26:06PM -0400, Chris Friesen wrote: > > Its cheaper and faster. It only costs a single call for each process, and > then you get notified immediately when it dies. On Solaris, pwait(1) opens /proc/pid/psinfo and waits for data. /fc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/