[PATCH -mm] select_bad_process: kill a bogus PF_DEAD/TASK_DEAD check

[Oleg Nesterov]

(Compile tested, on top of introduce-task_dead-state.patch)

The only one usage of TASK_DEAD outside of last schedule path,

select_bad_process:

	for_each_task(p) {

		if (!p->mm)
			continue;
		...
			if (p->state == TASK_DEAD)
				continue;
		...

TASK_DEAD state is set at the end of do_exit(), this means that p->mm
was already set == NULL by exit_mm(), so this task was already rejected
by 'if (!p->mm)' above.

Note also that the caller holds tasklist_lock, this means that p can't
pass exit_notify() and then set TASK_DEAD when p->mm != NULL.

Also, remove open-coded is_init().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

--- 2.6.18-rc4/mm/oom_kill.c~	2006-08-27 19:49:27.000000000 +0400
+++ 2.6.18-rc4/mm/oom_kill.c	2006-08-27 20:16:28.000000000 +0400
@@ -207,11 +207,14 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_pr
 		unsigned long points;
 		int releasing;
 
-		/* skip kernel threads */
+		/*
+		 * skip kernel threads and tasks which have already released
+		 * their mm.
+		 */
 		if (!p->mm)
 			continue;
-		/* skip the init task with pid == 1 */
-		if (p->pid == 1)
+		/* skip the init task */
+		if (is_init(p))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
@@ -227,9 +230,6 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_pr
 		releasing = test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE) ||
 						p->flags & PF_EXITING;
 		if (releasing) {
-			/* TASK_DEAD tasks have already released their mm */
-			if (p->state == TASK_DEAD)
-				continue;
 			if (p->flags & PF_EXITING && p == current) {
 				chosen = p;
 				*ppoints = ULONG_MAX;

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