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Date:      Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:53:19 +0800
From:      Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>
To:        Daniel Eischen <deischen@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_thr.c syscalls.master src/sys/sys thr.h
Message-ID:  <46C472EF.9070204@delphij.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0708161019000.610@sea.ntplx.net>
References:  <200708160526.l7G5Qg0b008022@repoman.freebsd.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0708161019000.610@sea.ntplx.net>

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Daniel Eischen wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, David Xu wrote:
> 
>> davidxu     2007-08-16 05:26:42 UTC
>>
>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>  Modified files:
>>    sys/kern             kern_thr.c syscalls.master
>>    sys/sys              thr.h
>>  Log:
>>  Add thr_kill2 syscall which sends a signal to a thread in another 
>> process.
> 
> I do not think this is a good idea.  There is no such thing in Solaris,
> only Linux seems to have this hideous idea of an API.

I think this would be helpful for applications like Wine.  Is there any 
other way to implement the semantics?

Cheers,



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