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We already have one. What we don't have is an API for process pillaging.

Think about it - if you aren't init, what exactly is too limiting about "kill the processes or process groups of the children you created yourself"? As a rule, most grandchildren won't bother to enter a new process group, and if they do their immediate parent should be advanced enough to take responsibility for forwarding fatal signals.




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