Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 04:36:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 04:35:54 -0500 Received: from cerebus.wirex.com ([65.102.14.138]:9200 "EHLO figure1.int.wirex.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 04:35:43 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 01:34:45 -0800 From: Chris Wright To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kill(-1,sig) Message-ID: <20011217013445.A30669@figure1.int.wirex.com> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To:

Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:25:05PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com) wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > > > > The new POSIX 1003.1-2001 is explicit about what kill(-1,sig) > > is supposed to do. Maybe we should follow it. > > Well, we should definitely not do it in 2.4.x, at least not until proven > that no real applications break. > > But I applied it to 2.5.x, let's see who (if anybody) hollers. I had to back this change out of 2.5.1 in order to get a sane shutdown. killall5 -15 is commiting suicide ;-( cheers, -chris - 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/