linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] Makes procs file writable to move all threads by tgid at once

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Date:	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:54:43 +0200
From:	Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@...labs.com>
To:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
Cc:	Benjamin Blum <bblum@...gle.com>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Makes procs file writable to move all threads by
	tgid at once

On 06/08/09  4:40 -0700, Paul Menage wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Louis Rilling<Louis.Rilling@...labs.com> wrote:
> >
> > You meant signal_struct, right? sighand_struct can be shared by several
> > thread groups, while signal_struct can't.
> >
> 
> No, I meant sighand_struct. I realise that it *can* be shared between
> processes, but I didn't think that NPTL actually did so. (Are there
> common cases of this happening?)

Not that I'm aware of, besides old LinuxThreads of course.

Thanks,

Louis

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