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r: 107400
b: refs/heads/master
c: 5c7edcd
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1e24b15b267293567a8d752721c7ae63f281325a
+refs/heads/master: 5c7edcd7ee6b77b88252fe4096dce1a46a60c829

trunk/include/linux/tracehook.h

@@ -493,16 +493,21 @@ static inline int tracehook_notify_jctl(int notify, int why)
  * @death_cookie:	value to pass to tracehook_report_death()
  * @group_dead:		nonzero if this was the last thread in the group to die
  *
- * Return the signal number to send our parent with do_notify_parent(), or
- * zero to send no signal and leave a zombie, or -1 to self-reap right now.
+ * A return value >= 0 means call do_notify_parent() with that signal
+ * number.  Negative return value can be %DEATH_REAP to self-reap right
+ * now, or %DEATH_DELAYED_GROUP_LEADER to a zombie without notifying our
+ * parent.  Note that a return value of 0 means a do_notify_parent() call
+ * that sends no signal, but still wakes up a parent blocked in wait*().
  *
  * Called with write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock) held.
  */
+#define DEATH_REAP			-1
+#define DEATH_DELAYED_GROUP_LEADER	-2
 static inline int tracehook_notify_death(struct task_struct *task,
 					 void **death_cookie, int group_dead)
 {
 	if (task->exit_signal == -1)
-		return task->ptrace ? SIGCHLD : -1;
+		return task->ptrace ? SIGCHLD : DEATH_REAP;
 
 	/*
 	 * If something other than our normal parent is ptracing us, then
@@ -512,21 +517,21 @@ static inline int tracehook_notify_death(struct task_struct *task,
 	if (thread_group_empty(task) && !ptrace_reparented(task))
 		return task->exit_signal;
 
-	return task->ptrace ? SIGCHLD : 0;
+	return task->ptrace ? SIGCHLD : DEATH_DELAYED_GROUP_LEADER;
 }
 
 /**
  * tracehook_report_death - task is dead and ready to be reaped
  * @task:		@current task now exiting
- * @signal:		signal number sent to parent, or 0 or -1
+ * @signal:		return value from tracheook_notify_death()
  * @death_cookie:	value passed back from tracehook_notify_death()
  * @group_dead:		nonzero if this was the last thread in the group to die
  *
  * Thread has just become a zombie or is about to self-reap.  If positive,
  * @signal is the signal number just sent to the parent (usually %SIGCHLD).
- * If @signal is -1, this thread will self-reap.  If @signal is 0, this is
- * a delayed_group_leader() zombie.  The @death_cookie was passed back by
- * tracehook_notify_death().
+ * If @signal is %DEATH_REAP, this thread will self-reap.  If @signal is
+ * %DEATH_DELAYED_GROUP_LEADER, this is a delayed_group_leader() zombie.
+ * The @death_cookie was passed back by tracehook_notify_death().
  *
  * If normal reaping is not inhibited, @task->exit_state might be changing
  * in parallel.

trunk/kernel/exit.c

@@ -911,10 +911,10 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
 		tsk->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
 
 	signal = tracehook_notify_death(tsk, &cookie, group_dead);
-	if (signal > 0)
+	if (signal >= 0)
 		signal = do_notify_parent(tsk, signal);
 
-	tsk->exit_state = signal < 0 ? EXIT_DEAD : EXIT_ZOMBIE;
+	tsk->exit_state = signal == DEATH_REAP ? EXIT_DEAD : EXIT_ZOMBIE;
 
 	/* mt-exec, de_thread() is waiting for us */
 	if (thread_group_leader(tsk) &&
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
 	tracehook_report_death(tsk, signal, cookie, group_dead);
 
 	/* If the process is dead, release it - nobody will wait for it */
-	if (signal < 0)
+	if (signal == DEATH_REAP)
 		release_task(tsk);
 }