Re: [PATCH 2/4] reparent_thread: fix the "is it traced" check

[Roland McGrath]

> reparent_thread() uses ptrace_reparented() to check whether this thread
> is ptraced, in that case we should not notify the new parent.

I think at some point in the past, ptracedness could sometimes transfer to
the new parent, so this made sense then (before it had that name).

> But ptrace_reparented() is not exactly correct when the reparented thread
> is traced by /sbin/init, because forget_original_parent() has already
> changed ->real_parent.

Heh.  Ok.  I think the !p->ptrace check is fine.

Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks,
Roland
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