On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 12:44:34 -0700 (PDT) David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's unnecessary to SIGKILL a task that is already PF_EXITING and can > actually cause a NULL pointer dereference of the sighand if it has > already been detached. Instead, simply set TIF_MEMDIE so it has access > to memory reserves and can quickly exit as the comment implies. > > Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>