Hi... On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:47 PM, black hole <neyrith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to solve the following situation in a better way than > it is currently solved. I have come into a conclusion that > the proper solution might actually involve kernel patch. > I would like to discuss it here. > > Situation: > I spawn several processes. I want this group of processes > to terminate when any one of them terminates (dies, > or just exits). > > A few of these processes are third party binaries. > That programmatically only leaves me with the signal API Hmmm, sure you have to do it via kernel space? why not just create a script that parse "ps" or "top" output for the PIDs and send all of these processes SIGKILL or SIGTERMs? strace...or maybe systemtap, could also be useful here. Trap do_fork() or exec()...check the command name and collect the PIDs... the details are left for your exercise :) regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
