From: Daniel Colascione > Sent: 31 October 2018 19:33 ... > You can't do it today with kill. The idea that keeping a open file > descriptor to a /proc/pid or a file within it prevents PID reuse is > widespread, but incorrect.
Is there a real good reason why that shouldn't be the case? ie Holding a reference on the 'struct pid' being enough to stop reuse. A patch to do that would be more generally useful. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)