linux-kernel - [PATCH] zap_other_threads: don't optimize thread_group

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Date:	Sun, 5 Aug 2007 19:36:03 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] zap_other_threads: don't optimize thread_group_empty() case

Nowadays thread_group_empty() and next_thread() are simple list operations,
this optimization doesn't make sense: we are doing exactly same check one
line below.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

--- t/kernel/signal.c~4_ZOT	2007-08-03 21:11:59.000000000 +0400
+++ t/kernel/signal.c	2007-08-05 19:28:13.000000000 +0400
@@ -987,9 +987,6 @@ void zap_other_threads(struct task_struc
 	p->signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT;
 	p->signal->group_stop_count = 0;
 
-	if (thread_group_empty(p))
-		return;
-
 	for (t = next_thread(p); t != p; t = next_thread(t)) {
 		/*
 		 * Don't bother with already dead threads

-
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