Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] pidfd: change pidfd_send_signal() to respect PIDFD_THREAD

[Christian Brauner]

On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 02:15:18PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 02/10, Christian Brauner wrote:
> >
> > The question is what is more useful for userspace when they do:
> > pidfd_send_signal(1234, PIDFD_SEND_PROCESS_GROUP)?
> >
> > (1) They either mean to signal a process group that is headed by 1234.
> 
> Yes, this is what I had in mind, see also another email from me.
> Simple, clear, and matches kill(-1234).

I went for a walk and kept thinking about this and I agree with you.
It will require that 1234 will be a process group leader but I think
that this is ok to require that. The implementation becomes a lot
simpler of course.