linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] sched,signal,ptrace: Rework TASK_TRACED, TASK

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Date:   Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:29:22 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     rjw@...ysocki.net, mingo@...nel.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org, mgorman@...e.de,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tj@...nel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] sched,signal,ptrace: Rework TASK_TRACED,
 TASK_STOPPED state

On 04/12, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> @@ -475,8 +483,10 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_str
>  	 * in and out of STOPPED are protected by siglock.
>  	 */
>  	if (task_is_stopped(task) &&
> -	    task_set_jobctl_pending(task, JOBCTL_TRAP_STOP | JOBCTL_TRAPPING))
> +	    task_set_jobctl_pending(task, JOBCTL_TRAP_STOP | JOBCTL_TRAPPING)) {
> +		task->jobctl &= ~JOBCTL_STOPPED;
>  		signal_wake_up_state(task, __TASK_STOPPED);

OK, but just for record before I forget...

It seems that we can s/JOBCTL_STOPPED/JOBCTL_TRACED/ instead, and kill the
nasty wait_on_bit(JOBCTL_TRAPPING_BIT) along with JOBCTL_TRAPPING_BIT. Sure,
this doesn't belong to this series.

Oleg.