On 05/22, Michal Hocko wrote:
>
> On Fri 22-05-15 18:29:00, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > In the likely case (if CLONE_VM without CLONE_THREAD was not used) the
> > last for_each_process() in mm_update_next_owner() will find another thread
> > from the same group.
>
> My understanding was that for_each_process will iterate only over
> processes (represented by the thread group leaders).
Yes. But note the inner for_each_thread() loop. And note that we
we need this loop exactly because the leader can be zombie.
> How would we get
> !group_leader from p->{real_parent->}sibling
As for children/siblings we can't get !group_leader, yes. And this is
actually not right ;) See the (self-nacked) 2/3 I just sent.
> > Oh. I think mm_update_next_owner() needs some cleanups. Perhaps I'll send
> > the patch today.
>
> Please hold on, I have a patch to get rid of the owner altogether. I
> will post it sometimes next week. Let's see whether this is a viable
> option. If not then we can clean this up.
Great. Please ignore 1-3 I already sent.
Oleg.
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