Re: [PATCH 1/1] CLONE_PARENT shouldn't allow to set ->exit_signal

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> +       if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
> +               p->exit_signal = -1;
> +       else if (clone_flags & CLONE_PARENT)
> +               p->exit_signal = current->group_leader->exit_signal;
> +       else
> +               p->exit_signal = (clone_flags & CSIGNAL);

So why is it "current->group_leader->exit_signal" rather than the much
more logical (imho) and simpler "current->exit_signal"?

                      Linus
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