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List:       linux-api
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] procfd_signal.2: document procfd_signal syscall
From:       Christian Brauner <christian () brauner ! io>
Date:       2018-11-28 21:12:05
Message-ID: E81EDAAC-F9E3-4D3A-AEE8-09E266D7FEDB () brauner ! io
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On November 29, 2018 9:59:52 AM GMT+13:00, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat=
=2Ecom> wrote:
>* Christian Brauner:
>
>> +=2E\" Copyright (C) 2018 Christian Brauner <christian@brauner=2Eio>
>
>The text seems to be largely derived from rt_sigqueueinfo, so I'm not
>sure if this appropriate here=2E
>
>> +the null signal (0) can be used to check if a process with a given
>> +PID exists=2E
>
>What does this mean if hte process is identified by file descriptor?
>
>> +=2EPP
>> +The optional
>> +=2EI info
>> +argument specifies the data to accompany the signal=2E
>> +This argument is a pointer to a structure of type
>> +=2EIR siginfo_t ,
>> +described in
>> +=2EBR sigaction (2)
>> +(and defined by including
>> +=2EIR <sigaction=2Eh> )=2E
>> +The caller should set the following fields in this structure:
>> +=2ETP
>> +=2EI si_code
>> +This must be one of the
>> +=2EB SI_*
>> +codes in the Linux kernel source file
>> +=2EIR include/asm-generic/siginfo=2Eh ,
>> +with the restriction that the code must be negative
>> +(i=2Ee=2E, cannot be
>> +=2EBR SI_USER ,
>> +which is used by the kernel to indicate a signal sent by
>> +=2EBR kill (2))
>> +and cannot (since Linux 2=2E6=2E39) be
>
>Obsolete reference in this context=2E
>
>> +=2ETP
>> +=2EB ESRCH
>> +The process or process group does not exist=2E
>> +Note that an existing process might be a zombie,
>> +a process that has terminated execution, but
>> +has not yet been
>> +=2EBR wait (2)ed
>> +for=2E
>
>Again: What does this mean if the process identified by a descriptor?
>Does a process in zombie state exist in this sense or not?
>
>Thanks,
>Florian

Updating the document is on my Todo=2E
Florian, can you take a look at the actual patch too, please?
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