Subject: + exit_state-kill-task_is_dead.patch added to -mm tree
To: oleg@xxxxxxxxxx,David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx,geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,mingo@xxxxxxxxxx,peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,tj@xxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:03:55 -0800
The patch titled
Subject: exit_state: kill task_is_dead()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
exit_state-kill-task_is_dead.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/exit_state-kill-task_is_dead.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/exit_state-kill-task_is_dead.patch
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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: exit_state: kill task_is_dead()
task_is_dead() has no users since commit 43e13cc107cf "cred: remove
task_is_dead() from __task_cred() validation", and nobody except exit.c
should rely on ->exit_state (we still have the users which should be
changed).
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN include/linux/sched.h~exit_state-kill-task_is_dead include/linux/sched.h
--- a/include/linux/sched.h~exit_state-kill-task_is_dead
+++ a/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ extern char ___assert_task_state[1 - 2*!
#define task_is_traced(task) ((task->state & __TASK_TRACED) != 0)
#define task_is_stopped(task) ((task->state & __TASK_STOPPED) != 0)
-#define task_is_dead(task) ((task)->exit_state != 0)
#define task_is_stopped_or_traced(task) \
((task->state & (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)) != 0)
#define task_contributes_to_load(task) \
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
autofs4-allow-autofs-to-work-outside-the-initial-pid-namespace.patch
autofs4-translate-pids-to-the-right-namespace-for-the-daemon.patch
coredump-set_dumpable-fix-the-theoretical-race-with-itself.patch
coredump-kill-mmf_dumpable-and-mmf_dump_securely.patch
coredump-make-__get_dumpable-get_dumpable-inline-kill-fs-coredumph.patch
linux-next.patch
proc-cleanup-simplify-get_task_state-task_state_array.patch
fork-no-need-to-initialize-child-exit_state.patch
exit_state-kill-task_is_dead.patch
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