linux-kernel - Re: init's children list is long and slows reaping children.

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704061119090.8738@alien.or.mcafeemobile.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Apr 2007 11:21:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Robin Holt <holt@....com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@...ricas.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: init's children list is long and slows reaping children.

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> Sure. It would be nice to move ->children into signal_struct at first.
> Except this change breaks (in fact fixes) ->pdeath_signal behaviour.

Ohhh, the "signal" struct! Funny name for something that nowadays has 
probably no more than a 5% affinity with signal-related tasks :/



- Davide


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