Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:23:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:22:57 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:40065 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:22:39 -0500 From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:22:34 GMT Message-Id: To: sim@netnation.com, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] kill(-1,sig) Cc: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Of course, a language lawyer will call "self" a "system process" No, the standard very explicitly allow signalling oneself. (And Linux also allowed that, e.g. in kill(0,sig), only until now not in kill(-1,sig).) >> Argh, I hate this. I fail to see what progress a process could make >> if it kills everything _and_ itself. Note that kill() is just a function that sends a signal. The signal may well be SIGWINCH or SIGSTOP or so. Andries - 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/