linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] signals: replace p->pid == 1 check with a check for task_child

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Message-ID: <m14p6ov1j0.fsf@frodo.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:55:15 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@...ac.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, oleg@...sign.ru,
	xemul@...nvz.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] signals: replace p->pid == 1 check with a check for task_child_reaper

Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@...ac.com> writes:

> p->pid == 1 is insufficient when there are multiple pid namespaces.
> Instead, check whether the task is in the current task's
> child reaper's thread group.

We should just drop the check for init as it is redundant.

Eric

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