On 03/03, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >> @@ -699,8 +701,6 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead) > >> } > >> > >> tsk->exit_state = autoreap ? EXIT_DEAD : EXIT_ZOMBIE; > >> - if (tsk->exit_state == EXIT_DEAD) > >> - list_add(&tsk->ptrace_entry, &dead); > >> > >> /* mt-exec, de_thread() is waiting for group leader */ > >> if (unlikely(tsk->signal->notify_count < 0)) > >> @@ -711,6 +711,8 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead) > >> list_del_init(&p->ptrace_entry); > >> release_task(p); > >> } > >> + if (autoreap) > >> + release_task(tsk); > > > > These 2 changes are not needed. release_task(tsk) will be called by > > list_for_each_entry_safe() above if autoreap == T. > > Except for the practical case that for threads that are ptraced > tsk->ptrace_entry is already in use. Which means we can't use > list_add(&tsk->ptrace_entry, &dead). Yes, I was wrong here, thanks for correcting me. Oleg. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html