The patch titled
document de_thread() with exit_notify() connection
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
document-de_thread-with-exit_notify-connection.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: document de_thread() with exit_notify() connection
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add a couple of small comments, it is not easy to see what this code does.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exec.c | 2 +-
kernel/exit.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/exec.c~document-de_thread-with-exit_notify-connection fs/exec.c
--- a/fs/exec.c~document-de_thread-with-exit_notify-connection
+++ a/fs/exec.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct
if (!thread_group_leader(tsk)) {
leader = tsk->group_leader;
- sig->notify_count = -1;
+ sig->notify_count = -1; /* for exit_notify() */
for (;;) {
write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
if (likely(leader->exit_state))
diff -puN kernel/exit.c~document-de_thread-with-exit_notify-connection kernel/exit.c
--- a/kernel/exit.c~document-de_thread-with-exit_notify-connection
+++ a/kernel/exit.c
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_stru
state = EXIT_DEAD;
tsk->exit_state = state;
+ /* mt-exec, de_thread() is waiting for us */
if (thread_group_leader(tsk) &&
tsk->signal->notify_count < 0 &&
tsk->signal->group_exit_task)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
posix-timers-bug-10460-discard-the-pending-signal-when-the-timer-is-destroyed.patch
workqueue-remove-redundant-function-invocation.patch
put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.patch
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