linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracehook: fix SA

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Message-ID: <20080820041242.GS9807@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:12:42 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracehook: fix SA_NOCLDWAIT

> I outwitted myself again in commit 2b2a1ff64afbadac842bbc58c5166962cf4f7664,
> and broke the SA_NOCLDWAIT behavior so it leaks zombies.  This fixes it.
> 
> Reported-by: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>

Confirmed -- this patch fixes the zombie problem on my box.

Tested-by: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>

-Andi
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