linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Send exit code through for taskstats.ac

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Message-Id: <200708211857.l7LIvfn4379558@sabah.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:57:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Jonathan Lim <jlim@....com>
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Send exit code through for taskstats.ac_exitcode

On Tue Aug 21 11:27:07 2007, balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi Balbir,
> > 
> > That was what I wanted to do at first, but there was some concern over
> > whether it would affect any of the intervening function calls.  If there's
> > no particular reason why the tsk->exit_code assignment is placed where it's
> > at now, then yes, I would much rather move it to before taskstats_exit().
> > 
> > I looked at the following functions involving tsk:
> > 
> >   exit_mm
> >     mm_release
> >       deactivate_mm
> >   exit_sem
> >   __exit_files
> >   __exit_fs
> >   cpuset_exit
> >   exit_keys
> > 
> > and don't see anything that setting exit_code would affect.  What do you
> > think?
> 
> I think your search and analysis leads me to believe that, it might be the
> correct thing to do. I would suggest we patch it that way and run a
> functional test like LTP to ensure we did not break anything.
> 
> What do you think?

Okay, I'll post a revised patch next.  Thanks.

Jonathan
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