Re: CLONE_KILLVMCH flag proposal

[David Wragg]

Pavel Krauz <[e-mail]> writes:
> I am trying to modify pthread library a way in which it  would not
> need manager thread. It seems that it is pretty feasible with
> CLONE_PARENT but one thing is missing.
> 
> If the main thread dies due to some fatal error other threads will live
> further. This problem is not easily solved without manager thread so
> kernel will have to help here.

What's wrong with the PR_SET_PDEATHSIG option to prctl()?

(This does raise the issue of how prctl should interact with threads,
but that problem exists anyway).

David Wragg