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| author | Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> | 2010-08-13 19:59:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> | 2010-08-13 19:59:15 -0400 |
| commit | 7d72e6fa56c4100b9669efe0044f77ed9eb785a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e90bf4969809a1ab20b97432b85be20ccfaa1f4 /kernel/exit.c | |
| parent | ba00376b0b13f234d839541a7b36a5bf5c2a4036 (diff) | |
| parent | 2be1f3a73dd02e38e181cf5abacb3d45a6a2d6b8 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' into for-linus
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/exit.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/exit.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index ceffc67b564a..671ed56e0a49 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -771,9 +771,12 @@ static void forget_original_parent(struct task_struct *father) struct task_struct *p, *n, *reaper; LIST_HEAD(dead_children); - exit_ptrace(father); - write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + /* + * Note that exit_ptrace() and find_new_reaper() might + * drop tasklist_lock and reacquire it. + */ + exit_ptrace(father); reaper = find_new_reaper(father); list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &father->children, sibling) { |