> > The exception handler thread must be reliable i.e. in some trusted > > task so we can count on it that it releases resources like port > > rights and the failing task gets killed.
> As I understand it, this is not true. The exception handler thread > does not need to be reliable. The only thing that actually needs to > be reliable is the task manager that can actually kill tasks. (It > makes sense of course for the L4 port to just put that code into the > existing proc server.) But how will the task manager know it should delete a task and perform some cleanup, if it is not told by its incapacitated exception handler ? You would have to check all tasks periodically, no ? ______________________________________________________________________ Už jste někdy v čase adventním honili losy? Jedinečnou šanci vyzkoušet si tuto činnost máte právě teď. http://los.tiscali.cz _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
