The patch titled ptrace-reintroduce-__ptrace_detach-as-a-callee-of-ptrace_exit fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ptrace-reintroduce-__ptrace_detach-as-a-callee-of-ptrace_exit-fix.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 *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ptrace-reintroduce-__ptrace_detach-as-a-callee-of-ptrace_exit fix From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Re-diff + update the comments. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/exit.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/exit.c~ptrace-reintroduce-__ptrace_detach-as-a-callee-of-ptrace_exit-fix kernel/exit.c --- a/kernel/exit.c~ptrace-reintroduce-__ptrace_detach-as-a-callee-of-ptrace_exit-fix +++ a/kernel/exit.c @@ -752,8 +752,7 @@ int __ptrace_detach(struct task_struct * * If it's a zombie, our attachedness prevented normal * parent notification or self-reaping. Do notification * now if it would have happened earlier. If it should - * reap itself, add it to the @dead list. We can't call - * release_task() here because we already hold tasklist_lock. + * reap itself we return true. * * If it's our own child, there is no notification to do. * But if our normal children self-reap, then this child _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch wait-prevent-exclusive-waiter-starvation.patch linux-next.patch pipe_rdwr_fasync-fix-the-error-handling-to-prevent-the-leak-crash.patch get_mm_hiwater_xxx-trivial-s-define-inline.patch getrusage-fill-ru_maxrss-value.patch ptrace-kill-__ptrace_detach-fix-exit_state-check.patch ptrace-simplify-ptrace_exit-ignoring_children-path.patch ptrace-simplify-ptrace_exit-ignoring_children-pathpatch-fix.patch ptrace-reintroduce-__ptrace_detach-as-a-callee-of-ptrace_exit.patch ptrace-reintroduce-__ptrace_detach-as-a-callee-of-ptrace_exit-fix.patch ptrace-fix-possible-zombie-leak-on-ptrace_detach.patch reparent_thread-dont-call-kill_orphaned_pgrp-if-task_detached.patch reparent_thread-fix-the-is-it-traced-check.patch reparent_thread-fix-a-zombie-leak-if-sbin-init-ignores-sigchld.patch forget_original_parent-cleanup-ptrace-pathes.patch kthread-dont-looking-for-a-task-in-create_kthread-2.patch pids-document-task_pgrp-task_session-is-not-safe-without-tasklist-rcu.patch pids-document-task_pgrp-task_session-is-not-safe-without-tasklist-rcu-fix.patch pids-improve-get_task_pid-to-fix-the-unsafe-sys_wait4-task_pgrp.patch pids-refactor-vnr-nr_ns-helpers-to-make-them-safe.patch pids-kill-now-unused-signal_struct-__pgrp-__session-and-friends.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