linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/3] add rt_tgsigqueueinfo syscall [RESEND]

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Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:14:59 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
cc:	mtk.manpages@...il.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/3] add rt_tgsigqueueinfo syscall [RESEND]

Roland,

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Roland McGrath wrote:

> I don't see any rationale for rt_tgsigqueueinfo and rt_sigqueueinfo to
> differ in their treatment of si_pid/si_uid (whatever that is).  It just
> seems like common sense that they would match.
> 
> Oleg and/or Sukadev have some patches floating around (maybe all in -mm?)
> that relate to setting those.

You mean having the same logic as we have in {t,tg,}kill syscalls for
rt_sigqueueinfo as well ?

Is there anything else which stands in the way of getting the
rt_tgsigqueueinfo interface merged ?

Thanks,

	tglx
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