Now that EXIT_DEAD is the terminal state it doesn't make sense to call eligible_child() or security_task_wait() if the task is really dead.
Tested-by: Michal Schmidt <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> --- kernel/exit.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index aaad08d..3d6f247 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -1331,7 +1331,12 @@ static int wait_task_continued(struct wait_opts *wo, struct task_struct *p) static int wait_consider_task(struct wait_opts *wo, int ptrace, struct task_struct *p) { - int ret = eligible_child(wo, p); + int ret; + + if (unlikely(p->exit_state == EXIT_DEAD)) + return 0; + + ret = eligible_child(wo, p); if (!ret) return ret; @@ -1349,10 +1354,6 @@ static int wait_consider_task(struct wait_opts *wo, int ptrace, return 0; } - /* dead body doesn't have much to contribute */ - if (unlikely(p->exit_state == EXIT_DEAD)) - return 0; - if (unlikely(p->exit_state == EXIT_TRACE)) { /* * ptrace == 0 means we are the natural parent. In this case -- 1.5.5.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

