linux-kernel - Re: + remove-the-likelypid-check-in-copy

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Date:	Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:02:55 +0300
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>,
	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>, containers@...ts.osdl.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + remove-the-likelypid-check-in-copy_process.patch added to -mm tree

Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:

> @@ -1237,26 +1237,24 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(
>  		}
>  	}
>
> -	if (likely(p->pid)) {
> -		add_parent(p);
> -		tracehook_init_task(p);
> -
> -		if (thread_group_leader(p)) {
> -			pid_t pgid = process_group(current);
> -			pid_t sid = process_session(current);
> -
> -			p->signal->tty = current->signal->tty;
> -			p->signal->pgrp = pgid;
> -			set_signal_session(p->signal, process_session(current));
> -			attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PGID, find_pid(pgid));
> -			attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_SID, find_pid(sid));
> +	add_parent(p);

This means that idle threads (except "swapper") are visible to for_each_process()
and do_each_thread(). Looks dangerous and somewhat strange to me.

Could you explain this change?

Oleg.

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