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exit: avoid sig->count in de_thread/__exit_signal synchronization
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de_thread() and __exit_signal() use signal_struct->count/notify_count for
synchronization.  We can simplify the code and use ->notify_count only.
Instead of comparing these two counters, we can change de_thread() to set
->notify_count = nr_of_sub_threads, then change __exit_signal() to
dec-and-test this counter and notify group_exit_task.

Note that __exit_signal() checks "notify_count > 0" just for symmetry with
exit_notify(), we could just check it is != 0.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <[email protected]>
Cc: Veaceslav Falico <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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oleg-nesterov authored and torvalds committed May 27, 2010
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11 changes: 5 additions & 6 deletions fs/exec.c
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Expand Up @@ -768,7 +768,6 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal;
struct sighand_struct *oldsighand = tsk->sighand;
spinlock_t *lock = &oldsighand->siglock;
int count;

if (thread_group_empty(tsk))
goto no_thread_group;
Expand All @@ -785,13 +784,13 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
spin_unlock_irq(lock);
return -EAGAIN;
}

sig->group_exit_task = tsk;
zap_other_threads(tsk);
sig->notify_count = zap_other_threads(tsk);
if (!thread_group_leader(tsk))
sig->notify_count--;

/* Account for the thread group leader hanging around: */
count = thread_group_leader(tsk) ? 1 : 2;
sig->notify_count = count;
while (atomic_read(&sig->count) > count) {
while (sig->notify_count) {
__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_unlock_irq(lock);
schedule();
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion kernel/exit.c
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Expand Up @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
* If there is any task waiting for the group exit
* then notify it:
*/
if (sig->group_exit_task && atomic_read(&sig->count) == sig->notify_count)
if (sig->notify_count > 0 && !--sig->notify_count)
wake_up_process(sig->group_exit_task);

if (tsk == sig->curr_target)
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