linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/8] reparent_leader: check EXIT_DEAD instead of task

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:09:39 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	hch@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] reparent_leader: check EXIT_DEAD instead of
	task_detached()

Change reparent_leader() to check ->exit_state instead of ->exit_signal,
this matches the similar EXIT_DEAD check in wait_consider_task() and
allows us to cleanup the do_notify_parent/task_detached logic.

task_detached() was really needed during reparenting before 9cd80bbb
"do_wait() optimization: do not place sub-threads on ->children list"
to filter out the sub-threads. After this change task_detached(p) can
only be true if p is the dead group_leader and its parent ignores
SIGCHLD, in this case the caller of do_notify_parent() is going to
reap this task and it should set EXIT_DEAD.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---

 kernel/exit.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- ptrace/kernel/exit.c~5_reparent_leader_ck_exit_dead	2011-06-22 22:47:12.000000000 +0200
+++ ptrace/kernel/exit.c	2011-06-22 22:47:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ static void reparent_leader(struct task_
 {
 	list_move_tail(&p->sibling, &p->real_parent->children);

-	if (task_detached(p))
+	if (p->exit_state == EXIT_DEAD)
 		return;
 	/*
 	 * If this is a threaded reparent there is no need to

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