linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] exit: make setting exit

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:32:30 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        tj@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, prsood@...eaurora.org,
        avagin@...il.com, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] exit: make setting exit_state consistent

On 07/29, Christian Brauner wrote:
>
> --- a/kernel/exit.c
> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
> @@ -734,9 +734,10 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
>  		autoreap = true;
>  	}
>  
> -	tsk->exit_state = autoreap ? EXIT_DEAD : EXIT_ZOMBIE;
> -	if (tsk->exit_state == EXIT_DEAD)
> +	if (autoreap) {
> +		tsk->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD;
>  		list_add(&tsk->ptrace_entry, &dead);
> +	}
>  

Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>