linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/16] ptrace: remove the extra wake_up_process() from ptrace

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Date:	Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:36:30 +0100
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	roland@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	rjw@...k.pl, jan.kratochvil@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/16] ptrace: remove the extra wake_up_process() from
 ptrace_detach()

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 06:54:39PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 12/06, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >
> > --- a/kernel/ptrace.c
> > +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
> > @@ -391,8 +391,6 @@ int ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int data)
> >  	if (child->ptrace) {
> >  		child->exit_code = data;
> >  		dead = __ptrace_detach(current, child);
> > -		if (!child->exit_state)
> > -			wake_up_process(child);
> 
> I can only repeat that I obviously like this change ;)
> 
> Now that Jan and Roland do not object, perhaps it can be sent as 2/X.
> This is bugfix, after all (like the first patch).

I'll send out the acked ones as a separate patchset so that they can
be merged.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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