linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] pidfd: don't do_notify_pidfd() if !thread_group

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 10:22:35 -0700
From: Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.pizza>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Tycho Andersen <tandersen@...flix.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] pidfd: don't do_notify_pidfd() if
 !thread_group_empty()

On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 02:21:05PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> do_notify_pidfd() makes no sense until the whole thread group exits, change
> do_notify_parent() to check thread_group_empty().
> 
> This avoids the unnecessary do_notify_pidfd() when tsk is not a leader, or
> it exits before other threads, or it has a ptraced EXIT_ZOMBIE sub-thread.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

Looks good to me, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Tycho Andersen <tandersen@...flix.com>

Tycho