Re: [PATCH] exec: Cleanup exec from a non thread group leader.

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 05:33:24 EST


Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> And for good measure we set the thread group leaders
> exit_signal to -1 so it will self reap. We are actually
> past the point where that matters but it can't hurt, and
> it might help someday.
> ...
> leader->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD;
> + leader->exit_signal = -1;

I disagree. The leader is already practically reaped, it is EXIT_DEAD.
I think this change will confuse the reader who will try to understand
why do we need this subtle assignment.

> void switch_exec_pids(task_t *leader, task_t *thread)
> {
> - __detach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_PID);
> - __detach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_TGID);
> - __detach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_PGID);
> - __detach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_SID);
> -
> - __detach_pid(thread, PIDTYPE_PID);
> - __detach_pid(thread, PIDTYPE_TGID);
> -
> - leader->pid = leader->tgid = thread->pid;
> - thread->pid = thread->tgid;
> -
> - attach_pid(thread, PIDTYPE_PID, thread->pid);
> - attach_pid(thread, PIDTYPE_TGID, thread->tgid);
> + detach_pid(thread, PIDTYPE_PID);
> + thread->pid = leader->pid;
> + attach_pid(thread, PIDTYPE_PID, thread->pid);
> attach_pid(thread, PIDTYPE_PGID, thread->signal->pgrp);
> - attach_pid(thread, PIDTYPE_SID, thread->signal->session);
> - list_add_tail(&thread->tasks, &init_task.tasks);

The last deletion is wrong, I beleive.

> + attach_pid(thread, PIDTYPE_SID, thread->signal->session);
>
> - attach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_PID, leader->pid);
> - attach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_TGID, leader->tgid);
> - attach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_PGID, leader->signal->pgrp);
> - attach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_SID, leader->signal->session);
> + detach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_PID);
> + detach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_TGID);
> + detach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_PGID);
> + detach_pid(leader, PIDTYPE_SID);
> }

I think most of detach_pid()s could be replaced with __detach_pid(),
this will save unneccesary pid_hash scanning

Oleg.
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