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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/tracehook.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/tracehook.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/tracehook.h b/include/linux/tracehook.h index b1875582c1a..ab3ef7aefa9 100644 --- a/include/linux/tracehook.h +++ b/include/linux/tracehook.h @@ -487,14 +487,20 @@ static inline int tracehook_notify_jctl(int notify, int why) return notify || (current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED); } +#define DEATH_REAP -1 +#define DEATH_DELAYED_GROUP_LEADER -2 + /** * tracehook_notify_death - task is dead, ready to notify parent * @task: @current task now exiting * @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. */ @@ -502,7 +508,7 @@ 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 +518,21 @@ 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. |