linux-kernel - Re: Wislist for Linux from the mold linker's POV

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Message-ID: <507f885d-8f81-4663-944d-d3d224747bdf@petrovitsch.priv.at>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 11:42:31 +0100
From: Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>
To: Rui Ueyama <rui314@...il.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Wislist for Linux from the mold linker's POV

Hi all!

On 28.11.24 03:52, Rui Ueyama wrote:
[...]
> After all, we just want a system-wide semaphore that is guaranteed to
> be released on process exit. But it seems like such a thing doesn't
> exist.

I use a socket for that purpose as they are closed with the end of
the process.

(SysV-)Semaphores cannot do that as they are separate entities with a
life independent of processes.

Kind regards,
	Bernd
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