[PATCH] choose_new_parent: remove unused arg, sanitize exit_state check

[Oleg Nesterov]

'child_reaper' arg is not used in choose_new_parent().

"->exit_state >= EXIT_ZOMBIE" check is a leftover, was
valid when EXIT_ZOMBIE lived in ->state var.

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

--- RC-1/kernel/exit.c~	2006-02-02 01:18:56.000000000 +0300
+++ RC-1/kernel/exit.c	2006-02-02 01:22:09.000000000 +0300
@@ -517,13 +517,13 @@ static void exit_mm(struct task_struct *
 	mmput(mm);
 }
 
-static inline void choose_new_parent(task_t *p, task_t *reaper, task_t *child_reaper)
+static inline void choose_new_parent(task_t *p, task_t *reaper)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Make sure we're not reparenting to ourselves and that
 	 * the parent is not a zombie.
 	 */
-	BUG_ON(p == reaper || reaper->exit_state >= EXIT_ZOMBIE);
+	BUG_ON(p == reaper || reaper->exit_state);
 	p->real_parent = reaper;
 }
 
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static void forget_original_parent(struc
 
 		if (father == p->real_parent) {
 			/* reparent with a reaper, real father it's us */
-			choose_new_parent(p, reaper, child_reaper);
+			choose_new_parent(p, reaper);
 			reparent_thread(p, father, 0);
 		} else {
 			/* reparent ptraced task to its real parent */
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static void forget_original_parent(struc
 	}
 	list_for_each_safe(_p, _n, &father->ptrace_children) {
 		p = list_entry(_p,struct task_struct,ptrace_list);
-		choose_new_parent(p, reaper, child_reaper);
+		choose_new_parent(p, reaper);
 		reparent_thread(p, father, 1);
 	}
 }
-
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