From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] getting a pid from threadpostmountsrv
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:56:15 -0400
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> shouldn't an in-prog fs -- notefs in cpu.c -- be possible with lib9p?
>
> for snsa ref implementaton, a sibling proc running srv() handles
> /dev/sysctl, that controls the workings of the agent.  agent needs to
> be able to kill the srv proc if the exec'd exportfs dies.

sure but you didn't answer the question of why you are
sending notes.  if you just want to clean up on exit
you can use threadexitsall and the right things happen.
if you are trying to kill off one proc but not the whole
program using a note, you are asking for trouble.

russ