Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261566AbTEYKPr (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 06:15:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261706AbTEYKPr (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 06:15:47 -0400 Received: from mx2.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:9628 "EHLO mx2.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261566AbTEYKPr (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 06:15:47 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 12:27:55 +0200 (CEST) From: Ingo Molnar Reply-To: Ingo Molnar To: Zwane Mwaikambo Cc: Linux Kernel , Manfred Spraul , William Lee Irwin III Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH][2.5] Possible race in wait_task_zombie and finish_task_switch In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 496 Lines: 17 On Sun, 25 May 2003, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > if (prev->state & (TASK_DEAD | TASK_ZOMBIE)) > put_task_struct(prev); we initialize tsk->usage with 2 in fork() - are you sure the removal of the above code will not result in a memory leak? Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/