Re: Add pacct_struct to fix some pacct bugs.

[KaiGai Kohei]

> > Hi, I noticed three problems in pacct facility.
> >
> > 1. Pacct facility has a possibility to write incorrect ac_flag
> >    in multi-threading cases.
> > 2. There is a possibility to be waken up OOM Killer from
> >    pacct facility. It will cause system stall.
> > 3. If several threads are killed at same time, There is
> >    a possibility not to pick up a part of those accountings.
> >
> > The attached patch will resolve those matters.
> > Any comments please. Thanks,
>
> Thanks, but you have three quite distinct bugs here, and three quite
> distinct descriptions and, I think, three quite distinct fixes.
>
> Would it be possible for you to prepare three patches?

It may be possible. Please wait for a while to separate it into
three-part and to confirm its correct behavior.

Thanks,
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Open Source Software Promotion Center, NEC
KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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