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Re: [PATCH 2/2] signals: replace p->pid == 1 check with a check for task_child_reaper [message #32044 is a reply to message #32042] Thu, 17 July 2008 18:21 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Daniel Hokka Zakrisso is currently offline  Daniel Hokka Zakrisso
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Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com> writes:
>
>> p->pid == 1 is insufficient when there are multiple pid namespaces.
>> Instead, check whether the task is in the current task's
>> child reaper's thread group.
>
> We should just drop the check for init as it is redundant.

I'm not sure what you mean? Without protecting init here, kill -s 9 -- -1
will kill it (i.e. the init in the pid namespace). E.g.:
# vspace --new --pid --mount -- bash
# bash -c 'kill -s 9 -- -1'
will kill off all those processes, and dispose of the pid namespace.

> Eric

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Daniel Hokka Zakrisson
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