Re: [PATCH] Make sure to wake reaper

From: Serge E. Hallyn
Date: Fri Aug 30 2013 - 08:46:24 EST


Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx):
> The thread_group_leader of any process may not be reaped until all of
> the other threads are dead. All of the other threads of a
> multi-threaded process self reap when they exit.

Ah, I see. Thanks.

Then your patch does sound like the safest solution. Haven't
tested yet (hd failure stands in my way) though I can't see
how it could not fix the bug I was seeing.

-serge
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