Re: [PATCH rc1-mm 1/3] coredump: some code relocations

From: Roland McGrath
Date: Mon Apr 10 2006 - 02:56:50 EST


> This is a preparation for the next patch. No functional changes.
> Basically, this patch moves '->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT' check
> into zap_threads(), and 'complete(vfork_done)' into coredump_wait
> outside of ->mmap_sem protected area.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

I don't see anything especially wrong with these reorganizations. I'd
prefer if the commentary for the change indicated what about them was
required for the following patches. Making zap_threads have a return value
does seem sort of random and obfuscatory, but that is a minor nit.


Thanks,
Roland
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