On 08/18, Roland McGrath wrote: > > Maybe it can use wait_task_inactive, which IIUC is being changed to address > the same RT issue.
The group_leader can sleep before it enters exit_notify(). In that case wait_task_inactive() returns, and we still need some polling to wait for EXIT_ZOMBIE. > OTOH, notify_count exists only for this. So maybe the > better way is to clean that whole mechanism up somehow. Yes sure. But in any case I think we should avoid polling, we need some notification from exit_notify(). > The exit.c changes > in your patch seem to be making it more mysterious rather than less so. I completely agree. Oleg. - 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/
