Re: [PATCH 06/20] signal/sh: Use force_sig(SIGKILL) instead of do_group_exit(SIGKILL)

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To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/20] signal/sh: Use force_sig(SIGKILL) instead of do_group_exit(SIGKILL)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:57:58 -1000
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-arch <linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>, Linux-sh list <linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20211020174406.17889-6-ebiederm@xmission.com>
References: <87y26nmwkb.fsf@disp2133> <20211020174406.17889-6-ebiederm@xmission.com>

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 7:44 AM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> +                       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

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