linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/7][v4] Define siginfo_from_ancestor

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Date:	Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:03:58 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, roland@...hat.com, bastian@...di.eu.org,
	daniel@...ac.com, xemul@...nvz.org, containers@...ts.osdl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/7][v4] Define siginfo_from_ancestor_ns()

On 12/24, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
>
> Oleg Nesterov [oleg@...hat.com] wrote:
> | And, SI_ASYNCIO only matters when we send the signal to the subnamespace,
> | and in that case we will probably mangle .si_pid. So why don't we warn
> | when .si_code == SI_USER?
>
> I was wondering if I should there too :-) But what do you think ?

Well, if you ask me, I'd suggest to document the problems with
sigqueueinfo() and forget. Whatever we do, we can't be always
right.

Oleg.

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