[PATCH 0/4] make vfork() killable

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Thu Feb 16 2012 - 13:17:50 EST


On 02/16, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> Btw, there is another example of "unbounded" sleep in UNINTERRUPTIBLE,
> vfork. I already have the patches, will send today.

Make vfork() killable, please apply.

These patches are old (Aug 2011), they spent a lot of time in linux-next
without any problem. Linus participated in the discussion, iiuc he has
no objections.

The next step is make vfork() stoppable/traceable.

Oleg.

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