linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] core dump: remain dumpable

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Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:51:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] core dump: remain dumpable

> Ugh, sorry, I was wrong. coredump_wait() initializes mm->core_done and sets
> mm->core_startup_done before checking SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT. This means we have
> to check ->core_waiters or SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT before calling coredump_wait().

Ah.  Checking core_waiters seems like a fine thing to do.  


Thanks,
Roland
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