linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch_ptrace

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Message-ID: <20071213173136.GO26334@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:31:36 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@...e.cz>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ian.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch_ptrace_stop

On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:29:26PM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> How is it possible that SIGKILL is blocked?

I *think* it's possible that kernel threads may block SIGKILL.
And I think init (pid 1) gets SIGKILL blocked.

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