kill(-1, sig) returns 0 if it has found some processes but there
is no one for which we have permission to send the signal.

Doesn't it make more sense to return -ESRCH in this case?

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

--- eric-mm1/kernel/signal.c~2_perm     2006-12-16 22:17:52.000000000 +0300
+++ eric-mm1/kernel/signal.c    2006-12-16 22:22:48.000000000 +0300
@@ -1326,20 +1326,16 @@ static int kill_something_info(int sig, 
                ret = kill_pid_info(sig, info, find_pid(pid));
        } else if (pid == -1) {
                struct task_struct *p;
-               int found = 0;
 
-               ret = 0;
+               ret = -ESRCH;
                read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
                for_each_process(p)
                        if (!is_init(p) && p != current->group_leader) {
                                int err = group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
                                if (err != -EPERM)
                                        ret = err;
-                               found = 1;
                        }
                read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-               if (!found)
-                       ret = -ESRCH;
        } else {
                struct pid *grp = task_pgrp(current);
                if (pid != 0)

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