On Tue, Sep 01, 2020 at 06:11:54PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > On 08/31, Christian Brauner wrote: > > > > --- a/kernel/exit.c > > +++ b/kernel/exit.c > > @@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ struct wait_opts { > > > > wait_queue_entry_t child_wait; > > int notask_error; > > + int eagain_error; > > }; > > > > static int eligible_pid(struct wait_opts *wo, struct task_struct *p) > > @@ -1461,6 +1462,8 @@ static long do_wait(struct wait_opts *wo) > > > > notask: > > retval = wo->notask_error; > > + if (!retval) > > + retval = wo->eagain_error; > > if (!retval && !(wo->wo_flags & WNOHANG)) { > > retval = -ERESTARTSYS; > > I must have missed something but I don't understand why do we need > the new ->eagain_error and the change in do_wait(). > > > @@ -1544,6 +1551,11 @@ static long kernel_waitid(int which, pid_t upid, struct waitid_info *infop, > > wo.wo_flags = options; > > wo.wo_info = infop; > > wo.wo_rusage = ru; > > + wo.eagain_error = 0; > > + if (f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) { > > + wo.wo_flags |= WNOHANG; > > + wo.eagain_error = -EAGAIN; > > + } > > ret = do_wait(&wo); > > Can't kernel_waitid() simply do > > if (f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) > wo.wo_flags |= WNOHANG; > ret = do_wait(); > if (!ret & (f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) > ret = -EAGAIN; > > ? Heh, indeed, that's even a smaller patch. Will change to that! Thanks for the review, Oleg! Christia