[PATCH 1/6] exit: reparent: fix the dead-parent PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER reparenting

[Oleg Nesterov]

The ->has_child_subreaper code in find_new_reaper() finds alive
"thread" but returns another "reaper" thread which can be dead.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/exit.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f773863..31da440 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static struct task_struct *find_new_reaper(struct task_struct *father)
 			thread = reaper;
 			do {
 				if (!(thread->flags & PF_EXITING))
-					return reaper;
+					return thread;
 			} while_each_thread(reaper, thread);
 		}
 	}
-- 
1.5.5.1

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