[PATCH 1/1] pidfd: don't do_notify_pidfd() if !thread_group_empty()

[Oleg Nesterov]

do_notify_pidfd() makes no sense until the whole thread group exits, change
do_notify_parent() to check thread_group_empty().

This avoids the unnecessary do_notify_pidfd() when tsk is not a leader, or
it exits before other threads, or it has a ptraced EXIT_ZOMBIE sub-thread.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/signal.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index c9c57d053ce4..9561a3962ca6 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2050,9 +2050,11 @@ bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!tsk->ptrace &&
 	       (tsk->group_leader != tsk || !thread_group_empty(tsk)));
-
-	/* Wake up all pidfd waiters */
-	do_notify_pidfd(tsk);
+	/*
+	 * tsk is a group leader and has no threads, wake up the pidfd waiters.
+	 */
+	if (thread_group_empty(tsk))
+		do_notify_pidfd(tsk);
 
 	if (sig != SIGCHLD) {
 		/*
-- 
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