linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] misc/fsck.c: Processes may kill other processes.

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:27:08 -0500
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     zhanchengbin <zhanchengbin1@...wei.com>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        linfeilong <linfeilong@...wei.com>, liuzhiqiang26@...wei.com,
        Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] misc/fsck.c: Processes may kill other processes.

On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:56:58 +0800, zhanchengbin wrote:
> I find a error in misc/fsck.c, if run the fsck -N command, processes
> don't execute, just show what would be done. However, the pid whose
> value is -1 is added to the instance_list list in the execute
> function,if the kill_all function is called later, kill(-1, signum)
> is executed, Signals are sent to all processes except the number one
> process and itself. Other processes will be killed if they use the
> default signal processing function.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] misc/fsck.c: Processes may kill other processes.
      commit: d08ef863feae14e4710bf2026404e6c6e06db2be

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>