Re: [patch 06/18] oom: avoid sending exiting tasks a SIGKILL

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On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> > It's unnecessary to SIGKILL a task that is already PF_EXITING
> 
> This probably needs some explanation. PF_EXITING doesn't necessarily
> mean this process is exiting.
> 

I hope that my sentence didn't imply that it was, the point is that 
sending a SIGKILL to a PF_EXITING task isn't necessary to make it exit, 
it's already along the right path.

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