[PATCH] Fix tsk->exit_state usage (resend)

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To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:24 am

tsk->exit_state can only be 0, EXIT_ZOMBIE, or EXIT_DEAD. A non-zero test
is the same as tsk->exit_state & (EXIT_ZOMBIE | EXIT_DEAD), so just testing
tsk->exit_state is sufficient.

Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg>
---
fs/proc/array.c | 3 +--
kernel/fork.c | 2 +-
kernel/sched.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 965625a..babb24d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ static inline const char *get_task_state(struct task_struct *tsk)
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE |
TASK_STOPPED |
TASK_TRACED)) |
- (tsk->exit_state & (EXIT_ZOMBIE |
- EXIT_DEAD));
+ tsk->exit_state;
const char **p = &task_state_array[0];

while (state) {
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 7332e23..56d1b8b 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_task);

void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
- WARN_ON(!(tsk->exit_state & (EXIT_DEAD | EXIT_ZOMBIE)));
+ WARN_ON(!tsk->exit_state);
WARN_ON(atomic_read(&tsk->usage));
WARN_ON(tsk == current);

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 45e17b8..8c27f08 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5190,7 +5190,7 @@ static void migrate_dead(unsigned int dead_cpu, struct task_struct *p)
struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(dead_cpu);

/* Must be exiting, otherwise would be on tasklist. */
- BUG_ON(p->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE && p->exit_state != EXIT_DEAD);
+ BUG_ON(!p->exit_state);

/* Cannot have done final schedule yet: would have vanished. */
BUG_ON(p->state == TASK_DEAD);

-

To: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@...>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 - 8:26 pm

Hi Eugene,

This already got merged into -mm, but ...

Here, for example, the code is /purposefully/ enumerating all the task
states, probably it makes sense to explicitly enumerate the exit states

Regarding above two changes -- agreed, we want to catch /any/ exiting task
state, so (!p->exit_state) is /correct/, but still, enumerating those
explicitly helps readability. And although it's unlikely, in the future,
we may have an exit_state value for which we may _not_ want to complain
(WARN or BUG) in this code. So I'd still vote to keep the code explicit
like it was ...

Satyam
-

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