On 09/19, Anjali Kulkarni wrote: > > @@ -413,6 +416,10 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg, > if (msg->len == sizeof(*pinput)) { > pinput = (struct proc_input *)msg->data; > mc_op = pinput->mcast_op; > + if (mc_op == PROC_CN_MCAST_NOTIFY) { > + current->exit_code = pinput->uexit_code; > + return; ... > --- a/kernel/exit.c > +++ b/kernel/exit.c > @@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code) > { > struct task_struct *tsk = current; > int group_dead; > + __u32 uexit_code; > > WARN_ON(irqs_disabled()); > > @@ -863,6 +864,8 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code) > tty_audit_exit(); > audit_free(tsk); > > + uexit_code = tsk->exit_code; I don't think you can use task_struct->exit_code. If this task is ptraced, it can be changed/cleared in, say, ptrace_stop() after PROC_CN_MCAST_NOTIFY. Oleg.