linux-kernel - [PATCH -mm 3/5] Freezer: Prevent new tasks from inheriting TIF

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:33:31 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: [PATCH -mm 3/5] Freezer: Prevent new tasks from inheriting TIF_FREEZE set

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>

Tasks should go to the refrigerator only if explicitly requested to do that by
the freezer and not as a result of inheriting the TIF_FREEZE flag set from the
parent.  Make it happen.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
---
 kernel/fork.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Index: linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/kernel/fork.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1.orig/kernel/fork.c	2007-07-11 20:48:04.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/kernel/fork.c	2007-07-11 20:50:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -932,6 +932,7 @@ static inline void copy_flags(unsigned l
 	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_PTRACE))
 		p->ptrace = 0;
 	p->flags = new_flags;
+	clear_freeze_flag(p);
 }
 
 asmlinkage long sys_set_tid_address(int __user *tidptr)
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