linux-kernel - [PATCH? 3/3] move daemonized kernel threads into the swapper's session

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Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:25:56 +0300
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH? 3/3] move daemonized kernel threads into the swapper's session

Any reason why daemonized kthread still uses 1,1 special pids? This patch
sets 0,0 pids, this matches kthread_create'ed threads.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

--- PT/kernel/exit.c~3_daemonize_swapper	2007-11-26 16:47:35.000000000 +0300
+++ PT/kernel/exit.c	2007-11-26 17:10:41.000000000 +0300
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ void daemonize(const char *name, ...)
 		get_nsproxy(&init_nsproxy);
 		switch_task_namespaces(current, &init_nsproxy);
 	}
-	set_special_pids(find_pid(1));
+	set_special_pids(&init_struct_pid);
 	proc_clear_tty(current);
 
 	/* Block and flush all signals */

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