Re: [uml-devel] T-mode processes

[Michael R. <mc...@sa...>]

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>>>>> "BlaisorBlade" == BlaisorBlade  <bla...@ya...> writes:
    BlaisorBlade> you should convince top-level hackers on the
    BlaisorBlade> LKML. Quite frankly, I guess that they will say 'NO';
    BlaisorBlade> and they will add "Who ever said that SIGKILL always
    BlaisorBlade> works?". And if Al Viro reads your post, his answer
    BlaisorBlade> could be very bad (Al Viro is famous for the way he
    BlaisorBlade> flames newbie kernel hackers).

  How about if I get Dennis Ritchie to post this :-)

  I've filed numerous bugs in the 1980s against SCO and SunOS about
kill-9 failing to clear a process due to device issues, and every single
one was acknowledged as correct. (Not that SCO ever fixed many of them,
but they didn't disagree)

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