The patch titled Subject: exit: reparent: introduce find_alive_thread() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is exit-reparent-introduce-find_alive_thread.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/exit-reparent-introduce-find_alive_thread.patch echo and later at echo http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/exit-reparent-introduce-find_alive_thread.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: exit: reparent: introduce find_alive_thread() Add the new simple helper to factor out the for_each_thread() code in find_child_reaper() and find_new_reaper(). It can also simplify the potential PF_EXITING -> exit_state change, plus perhaps we can change this code to take SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT into account. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Lennart Poettering <lennart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sterling Alexander <stalexan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/exit.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/exit.c~exit-reparent-introduce-find_alive_thread kernel/exit.c --- a/kernel/exit.c~exit-reparent-introduce-find_alive_thread +++ a/kernel/exit.c @@ -462,6 +462,17 @@ static void exit_mm(struct task_struct * clear_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE); } +static struct task_struct *find_alive_thread(struct task_struct *p) +{ + struct task_struct *t; + + for_each_thread(p, t) { + if (!(t->flags & PF_EXITING)) + return t; + } + return NULL; +} + static struct task_struct *find_child_reaper(struct task_struct *father) __releases(&tasklist_lock) __acquires(&tasklist_lock) @@ -472,9 +483,8 @@ static struct task_struct *find_child_re if (likely(reaper != father)) return reaper; - for_each_thread(father, reaper) { - if (reaper->flags & PF_EXITING) - continue; + reaper = find_alive_thread(father); + if (reaper) { pid_ns->child_reaper = reaper; return reaper; } @@ -500,16 +510,13 @@ static struct task_struct *find_child_re static struct task_struct *find_new_reaper(struct task_struct *father, struct task_struct *child_reaper) { - struct task_struct *thread; + struct task_struct *thread, *reaper; - for_each_thread(father, thread) { - if (thread->flags & PF_EXITING) - continue; + thread = find_alive_thread(father); + if (thread) return thread; - } if (father->signal->has_child_subreaper) { - struct task_struct *reaper; /* * Find the first ->is_child_subreaper ancestor in our pid_ns. * We start from father to ensure we can not look into another @@ -523,10 +530,9 @@ static struct task_struct *find_new_reap break; if (!reaper->signal->is_child_subreaper) continue; - for_each_thread(reaper, thread) { - if (!(thread->flags & PF_EXITING)) - return thread; - } + thread = find_alive_thread(reaper); + if (thread) + return thread; } } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are mmfs-introduce-helpers-around-the-i_mmap_mutex.patch mm-use-new-helper-functions-around-the-i_mmap_mutex.patch mm-convert-i_mmap_mutex-to-rwsem.patch mm-rmap-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch uprobes-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch mm-xip-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch mm-memory-failure-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch mm-nommu-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch mm-memoryc-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch remove-unnecessary-is_valid_nodemask.patch proc-task_state-read-cred-group_info-outside-of-task_lock.patch proc-task_state-deuglify-the-max_fds-calculation.patch proc-task_state-move-the-main-seq_printf-outside-of-rcu_read_lock.patch proc-task_state-ptrace_parent-doesnt-need-pid_alive-check.patch sched_show_task-fix-unsafe-usage-of-real_parent.patch exit-reparent-use-ptrace_entry-rather-than-sibling-for-exit_dead-tasks.patch exit-reparent-cleanup-the-changing-of-parent.patch exit-reparent-cleanup-the-changing-of-parent-fix.patch exit-reparent-cleanup-the-usage-of-reparent_leader.patch exit-ptrace-shift-reap-dead-code-from-exit_ptrace-to-forget_original_parent.patch usermodehelper-dont-use-clone_vfork-for-____call_usermodehelper.patch usermodehelper-kill-the-kmod_thread_locker-logic.patch exit-reparent-fix-the-dead-parent-pr_set_child_subreaper-reparenting.patch exit-reparent-fix-the-cross-namespace-pr_set_child_subreaper-reparenting.patch exit-reparent-s-while_each_thread-for_each_thread-in-find_new_reaper.patch exit-reparent-document-the-has_child_subreaper-checks.patch exit-reparent-introduce-find_child_reaper.patch exit-reparent-introduce-find_alive_thread.patch linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html