Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > no. Two _completely separate_ lists. > > i.e. a to-be-reaped task will still be on the main list _too_. The main > list is for all the PID semantics rules. The reap-list is just for > wait4() processing. The two would be completely separate.
And what pray tell except for heuristics is the list of children used for? I could find a use in the scheduler (oldest_child and younger/older_sibling). I could find a use in mm/oom_kill. I could find a use in irixsig where it roles it's own version of wait4. Perhaps I was blind but that was about it. I didn't see the child list implementing any semantics we really care about to user space. Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
