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Subject: Re: [PATCH] coredump debugging: add a tracepoint to report the
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On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 13:01:16 -0500
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote:

> Between "sched_process_exit" and "sched_process_free", the task can still be
> observed by a trace analysis looking at sched and signal events: it's a zombie at
> that stage.

Looking at the history of this tracepoint, it was added in 2008 by commit
0a16b60758433 ("tracing, sched: LTTng instrumentation - scheduler").
Hmm, LLTng? I wonder who the author was?

  Author: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>

 :-D

Mathieu, I would say it's your call on where the tracepoint can be located.
You added it, you own it!

-- Steve