Re: [PATCH] detached cloning

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 01:09:44AM +0200, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> 
> On 04.06, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> > 
> > On 04.04, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > > 
> > > So here goes -pre7. Hopefully the last -pre.
> > > 
> > 
> 
> Fix a crash that can be caused by a CLONE_DETACHED thread.
> Author: Ingo Molnar <[e-mail]>
> 
> Does this still apply, Ingo ?
> 
> --- linux/kernel/exit.c.orig	Mon Sep  9 14:06:05 2002
> +++ linux/kernel/exit.c	Mon Sep  9 14:06:25 2002
> @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
>  	 *	
>  	 */
>  	
> -	if(current->exit_signal != SIGCHLD &&
> +	if(current->exit_signal != SIGCHLD && current->exit_signal != -1 &&
>  	    ( current->parent_exec_id != t->self_exec_id  ||
>  	      current->self_exec_id != current->parent_exec_id) 
>  	    && !capable(CAP_KILL))

CLONE_DETACHED isn't even in 2.4 except in Red Hat kernels.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer