linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull proc and exec work for 5.7-rc1

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgU1kK6BrSUEm6=fwubjCYVX6bQsdTm-EkcwnPjV1KMUg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:31:47 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull proc and exec work for 5.7-rc1

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 11:29 AM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Well, you did it differently - by moving the "wait for dead threads"
> logic to after releasing the lock.

Not that I mind that approach either - the less work we do inside that
lock, the better off we are..

           Linus