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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/exit.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/exit.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index ceffc67..671ed56 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -771,9 +771,12 @@ static void forget_original_parent(struct task_struct *father) struct task_struct *p, *n, *reaper; LIST_HEAD(dead_children); - exit_ptrace(father); - write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); + /* + * Note that exit_ptrace() and find_new_reaper() might + * drop tasklist_lock and reacquire it. + */ + exit_ptrace(father); reaper = find_new_reaper(father); list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &father->children, sibling) { |