Re: [PATCH 1/2] wait_task_zombie: remove unneeded child->signal check

2007-08-05 Thread Oleg Nesterov
On 08/05, Roland McGrath wrote: > > > A zombie must have a valid ->signal, we are going to release it and > > __exit_signal() starts with BUG_ON(!sig). > > Yes, this is safe because it's after the EXIT_DEAD check under tasklist_lock. Yes thanks, the changelog could be better. We "own" this child

Re: [PATCH 1/2] wait_task_zombie: remove unneeded child->signal check

2007-08-05 Thread Roland McGrath
> A zombie must have a valid ->signal, we are going to release it and > __exit_signal() starts with BUG_ON(!sig). Yes, this is safe because it's after the EXIT_DEAD check under tasklist_lock. Thanks, Roland - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of

[PATCH 1/2] wait_task_zombie: remove unneeded child->signal check

2007-08-05 Thread Oleg Nesterov
A zombie must have a valid ->signal, we are going to release it and __exit_signal() starts with BUG_ON(!sig). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- t/kernel/exit.c~1_SIGCK 2007-08-05 18:43:00.0 +0400 +++ t/kernel/exit.c 2007-08-05 18:46:00.0 +0400 @@ -1210,7