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From: smk@axiom.UUCP (Steven M. Kramer)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: fork timing hole and runaway children
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Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 16:34:54 EDT
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Rather than a system call names zonk, why not a simple program
(because the function is really too specific for a system call).  It would;

gather the output of ps to find the uid's processes,
do
{
	send SIGSTOP to all of the processes,
	gather the output of ps to find the uid's processes,
} while (ps's view of user's processes remain same || some limit is reached)

send SIGKILL to all of the processes.
-- 
	--steve kramer
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