Re: perf_counters issue with self-sampling threads

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 21:20 +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> Yes, this allows to send a private signal to sub-thread.
> 
> But this is a bit strange, because the user can't specify it wants
> a thread-specific signal to the main thread, its tid == pid.

Ah, indeed. I'll make a patch for F_SETOWN_TID then, unless someone
comes up with a better name for the creature ;-)

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