In preparation for removing the flag SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP change __task_will_free_mem to test signal->core_state instead of the flag SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP. Both fields are protected by siglock and both live in signal_struct so there are no real tradeoffs here, just a change to which field is being tested. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/oom_kill.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c index 1ddabefcfb5a..5c92aad8ca1a 100644 --- a/mm/oom_kill.c +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c @@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ static inline bool __task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task) * coredump_task_exit(), so the oom killer cannot assume that * the process will promptly exit and release memory. */ - if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP) + if (sig->core_state) return false; if (sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) -- 2.29.2