Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932501AbVIMV4t (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:56:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932493AbVIMV4t (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:56:49 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:32413 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932501AbVIMV4s (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:56:48 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Roland McGrath To: Sripathi Kodi X-Fcc: ~/Mail/linus Cc: Al Viro , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patrics@interia.pl, Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.13.1] Patch for invisible threads In-Reply-To: Sripathi Kodi's message of Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:30:43 -0500 <43274503.7090303@in.ibm.com> Emacs: a learning curve that you can use as a plumb line. Message-Id: <20050913215624.ACD90180A1A@magilla.sf.frob.com> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:56:24 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 494 Lines: 13 It might suffice to move __exit_fs to the top of release_task. (Perhaps that requires moving exit_namespace after it, I don't know if it matters.) Then a zombie group leader won't release and clear ->fs before the whole group dies. Thanks, Roland - 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/