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Subject: exit: release_task: fix the comment about group leader accounting
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exit-release_task-fix-the-comment-about-group-leader-accounting.patch
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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: exit: release_task: fix the comment about group leader accounting
Contrary to what the comment in __exit_signal() says we do account the
group leader. Fix this and explain why.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sterling Alexander <stalexan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/exit.c | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/exit.c~exit-release_task-fix-the-comment-about-group-leader-accounting kernel/exit.c
--- a/kernel/exit.c~exit-release_task-fix-the-comment-about-group-leader-accounting
+++ a/kernel/exit.c
@@ -118,13 +118,10 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_st
}
/*
- * Accumulate here the counters for all threads but the group leader
- * as they die, so they can be added into the process-wide totals
- * when those are taken. The group leader stays around as a zombie as
- * long as there are other threads. When it gets reaped, the exit.c
- * code will add its counts into these totals. We won't ever get here
- * for the group leader, since it will have been the last reference on
- * the signal_struct.
+ * Accumulate here the counters for all threads as they die. We could
+ * skip the group leader because it is the last user of signal_struct,
+ * but we want to avoid the race with thread_group_cputime() which can
+ * see the empty ->thread_head list.
*/
task_cputime(tsk, &utime, &stime);
write_seqlock(&sig->stats_lock);
_
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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-wait-cleanup-the-ptrace_reparented-checks.patch
exit-wait-cleanup-the-ptrace_reparented-checks-fix.patch
exit-wait-dont-use-zombie-real_parent.patch
exit-wait-drop-tasklist_lock-before-psig-c-accounting.patch
exit-release_task-fix-the-comment-about-group-leader-accounting.patch
exit-proc-dont-try-to-flush-proc-tgid-task-tgid.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
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