On 12/08, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > p->exit_state != 0 doesn't mean this process is dead, it may have sub-threads.
> >
> > However, the new "p->exit_state && thread_group_empty(p)" check is not correct
> > either, this is just the temporary hack. Perhaps we can just remove this check,
> > but I don't understand orphaned process groups magic. At all. However, I think
> > exit_notify() is obviously and completely wrong wrt this helper.
>
> The problem that orphaned processes groups address is what happens if
> an entire process group is stopped, and there is not a process that
> can wake them up.
>
> The rule for an unprivileged process sending a signal to a process
> group is that it must be in the same session as the process group.
>
> The rule for sending a signal to a process group is that the signal sender
> must be in the same session.
>
> So we are testing for a process group that does not have a living
> member with a parent outside of the process that can send the process
> group a signal.
Ah, thanks a lot Eric, I am _starting_ to understand this.
> Oleg what do you see wrong with checking p->exit_state &&
> thread_group_empty(p)? Since non-leader threads all self reap
> that seems to be a valid test for an dead thread group.
There is a window when exit_notify() drops tasklist and before release_task().
Suppose the last (non-leader) thread exits. This means that entire group exits,
but thread_group_empty() is not true.
Oleg.
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