linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] don't panic if /sbin/init exits or killed

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Message-ID: <m363vm8el9.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:54:26 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@...e.fr>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] don't panic if /sbin/init exits or killed

Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> writes:

> Have you tested how recoverable it really is?  I wonder what happens
> with init having exited when things get reparented to it.  Don't the
> zombies just pile up?

That's not very different from any other "important" program crash,
we don't sync+reboot when httpd or sshd is killed.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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