SV: Killing Supervisor

[Ulf Wiger (AL/EAB)]

Samuel Rivas wrote:
>
> Ulf Wiger (AL/EAB) wrote:
> > Note also that the behaviours know which process is the parent, so 
> > they are not so easily fooled. That's one reason why the first exit 
> > might need to be exit(Top, kill) in some cases.
>  
>   Can they be fooled in any way? Parent pid is kept in 
> gen_server main loop ... (Just curious) 

Well, sure:


3> {dictionary, Dict} = process_info(whereis(sasl_sup), dictionary).
{dictionary,[{'$ancestors',[<0.30.0>]},
             {'$initial_call',{gen,init_it,
                                   [gen_server,
                                    <0.30.0>,
                                    <0.30.0>,
                                    {local,sasl_sup},
                                    supervisor,
                                    {{local,sasl_sup},sasl,[]},
                                    []]}}]}
4> [[SaslParent|_]] = [A || {'$ancestors',A} <- Dict].
[[<0.30.0>]]
5> sasl_sup ! {'EXIT', SaslParent, shutdown}.
{'EXIT',<0.30.0>,shutdown}
6> 
=INFO REPORT==== 28-Apr-2006::14:56:53 ===
    application: sasl
    exited: shutdown
    type: permanent
{"Kernel pid
terminated",application_controller,"{application_terminated,sasl,shutdow
n}"}

Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller)
({application_terminated,sasl,shutdown})


/Ulf W