Re: [Patch][RFC] fcntl: add ability to stop monitored processes

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On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 08:05:48PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
> Hey there!
> 	I've recently developed this patch in pursuit of an ability to trap
> proceses making modifcations to monitored directories, and I thought It would be
> a nice feature to add to the mainline kernel.  It basically adds a flag to the
> F_NOTIFY fcntl which optionally sends a SIGSTOP to the process making the
> flagged modifications to the monitored directories, and passes the pid of the
> stopped process to the monitoring process.  I've tested it, and it works quite
> well for me.  Looking for comments/approvial/incorporation.

What stops me from setting a DN_STOPSND on /lib and preventing any new
tasks from starting up?

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