linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2] waitfd

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Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:27:59 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Casey Dahlin <cdahlin@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] waitfd


> waitfd provides a file descriptor out of which may be read a series of 
> siginfo_t objects describing child death. A child process is reaped as 
> soon as its information is read. This means child monitoring too can be 
> performed with that same poll call.
> 
> Patch is against v2.6.28

Same comment as last time - the right way to do this is to extend the
existing notify APIs to the /proc file system
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