Re: [OpenAFS-devel] Re: [PATCH] PAG support, try #2

chas williams (chas@locutus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil)
Thu, 15 May 2003 09:55:37 -0400


In message <6445.1053005715@warthog.warthog>,David Howells writes:
>Where's this 1:1 come from? PAGs aren't 1:1 with processes, nor are they 1:1
>with users.
>
>I've tried to implement them as I understand the design information I could
>find (which specified that any process could belong to a single PAG). From the
>comments that have been made, it seems that each user needs some sort of
>fallback token set for any process that doesn't have a PAG.

PAGs shouldnt be 1:1 with processes or users. They are closer in nature
to process groups. However, a process wouldnt loose its PAG affiliation
after calling setsid. This is the main reason using the process group
isn't sufficient for PAGs.
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