linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-4] getdelays.c: signal handling for log rotation

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Date:	Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:20:29 -0600
From:	Scott Wiersdorf <scott@...ehost.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, matt@...ehost.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-4] getdelays.c: signal handling for log rotation

On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 03:13 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Scott Wiersdorf wrote: 
> > I still think a single handler is elegant enough though, and works
> > better with many log rotation systems that want to send a single
> > signal to a pid (it's what we need where I'm working now, hence the
> > patch).
> 
> Well in general it would be cool if there was nicer free userland for
> the obscure but useful delay accounting. The code in Documentation
> is really not much more than a example. Do you have something downloadable?

I don't. I'm really not much of a C programmer; I'm just hacking on this
file for our company because we have a use for it. I'm all for it going
into userland, but don't have the time to be responsible for that.

Scott


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