linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/20] signal/sh: Use force_sig(SIGKILL) instead of do_group

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whjqWwo16jtLduxb+0nbNetp8jNAz+go01wB4HGKX=jEQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:57:58 -1000
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/20] signal/sh: Use force_sig(SIGKILL) instead of do_group_exit(SIGKILL)

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 7:44 AM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
>
> +                       force_sig(SIGKILL);

I wonder if SIGFPE would be a more intuitive thing.

Doesn't really matter, this is a "doesn't happen" event anyway, but
that was just my reaction to reading the patch.

            Linus