[PATCH] exit: kill unnecessary thread_group_leader() checks in exit_notify() and do_notify_parent()

From: Oleg Nesterov

Date: Sun Feb 22 2026 - 10:23:51 EST


thread_group_empty(tsk) is only possible if tsk is a group leader, and
thread_group_empty() already does the thread_group_leader() check.

So it makes no sense to check "thread_group_leader() && thread_group_empty()";
thread_group_empty() alone is enough.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/exit.c | 8 +++-----
kernel/signal.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 8a87021211ae..79976baaff01 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -748,14 +748,12 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
tsk->exit_state = EXIT_ZOMBIE;

if (unlikely(tsk->ptrace)) {
- int sig = thread_group_leader(tsk) &&
- thread_group_empty(tsk) &&
- !ptrace_reparented(tsk) ?
- tsk->exit_signal : SIGCHLD;
+ int sig = thread_group_empty(tsk) && !ptrace_reparented(tsk)
+ ? tsk->exit_signal : SIGCHLD;
autoreap = do_notify_parent(tsk, sig);
} else if (thread_group_leader(tsk)) {
autoreap = thread_group_empty(tsk) &&
- do_notify_parent(tsk, tsk->exit_signal);
+ do_notify_parent(tsk, tsk->exit_signal);
} else {
autoreap = true;
/* untraced sub-thread */
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index d65d0fe24bfb..ca23059a947d 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2178,8 +2178,7 @@ bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
/* do_notify_parent_cldstop should have been called instead. */
WARN_ON_ONCE(task_is_stopped_or_traced(tsk));

- WARN_ON_ONCE(!tsk->ptrace &&
- (tsk->group_leader != tsk || !thread_group_empty(tsk)));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!tsk->ptrace && !thread_group_empty(tsk));

/* ptraced, or group-leader without sub-threads */
do_notify_pidfd(tsk);
--
2.52.0