Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:

> @@ -1237,26 +1237,24 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(
>               }
>       }
>
> -     if (likely(p->pid)) {
> -             add_parent(p);
> -             tracehook_init_task(p);
> -
> -             if (thread_group_leader(p)) {
> -                     pid_t pgid = process_group(current);
> -                     pid_t sid = process_session(current);
> -
> -                     p->signal->tty = current->signal->tty;
> -                     p->signal->pgrp = pgid;
> -                     set_signal_session(p->signal, process_session(current));
> -                     attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PGID, find_pid(pgid));
> -                     attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_SID, find_pid(sid));
> +     add_parent(p);

This means that idle threads (except "swapper") are visible to 
for_each_process()
and do_each_thread(). Looks dangerous and somewhat strange to me.

Could you explain this change?

Oleg.

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