On 08/22, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > (Compile tested).
> >
> > futex_find_get_task:
> >
> > if (p->state == EXIT_ZOMBIE || p->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE)
> > return NULL;
> >
> > I can't understand this. First, p->state can't be EXIT_ZOMBIE. The
> > ->exit_state check looks strange too. Sub-threads or tasks whose
> > ->parent ignores SIGCHLD go directly to EXIT_DEAD state (I am ignoring
> > a ptrace case). Why EXIT_DEAD tasks should be ok? Yes, EXIT_ZOMBIE is
> > more important (a task may stay zombie for a long time), but this
> > doesn't mean we should explicitely ignore other EXIT_XXX states.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
>
> i believe this is a remnant of older times when EXIT_ZOMBIE was
> introduced. We cloned that into the -rt tree, but then exit-state got
> cleaned up (by you)
No, no, it was Roland.
But probably you are talking about these patches
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=113284375800003&r=1
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=113284375800005&r=1
? It was abandoned by Linus. It is not clear was he convinced or not,
but I'd be happy to re-send this patch (on weekend) if you wish.
Oleg.
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