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SubjectRe: [RFC,PATCH 5/5] exec: RT sub-thread can livelock and monopolize CPU on exec
On 08/18, Roland McGrath wrote:
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> Maybe it can use wait_task_inactive, which IIUC is being changed to address
> the same RT issue.

The group_leader can sleep before it enters exit_notify(). In that case
wait_task_inactive() returns, and we still need some polling to wait for
EXIT_ZOMBIE.

> OTOH, notify_count exists only for this. So maybe the
> better way is to clean that whole mechanism up somehow.

Yes sure. But in any case I think we should avoid polling, we need some
notification from exit_notify().

> The exit.c changes
> in your patch seem to be making it more mysterious rather than less so.

I completely agree.

Oleg.

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