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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-10-17 09:58:25 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-10-17 09:58:25 +0200
commitbb3c3e807140816b5f5fd4840473ee52a916ad4f (patch)
tree9e8a69d266a7df86ca16177eefffab4b4e910753 /kernel/ptrace.c
parent595c36490deb49381dc51231a3d5e6b66786ed27 (diff)
parent012abeea669ea49636cf952d13298bb68654146a (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.32-rc5' into perf/probes
Conflicts: kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c Merge reason: update to -rc5 and resolve conflict. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/ptrace.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 307c285af59..23bd09cd042 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -266,9 +266,10 @@ static int ignoring_children(struct sighand_struct *sigh)
* or self-reaping. Do notification now if it would have happened earlier.
* If it should reap itself, return true.
*
- * If it's our own child, there is no notification to do.
- * But if our normal children self-reap, then this child
- * was prevented by ptrace and we must reap it now.
+ * If it's our own child, there is no notification to do. But if our normal
+ * children self-reap, then this child was prevented by ptrace and we must
+ * reap it now, in that case we must also wake up sub-threads sleeping in
+ * do_wait().
*/
static bool __ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *tracer, struct task_struct *p)
{
@@ -278,8 +279,10 @@ static bool __ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *tracer, struct task_struct *p)
if (!task_detached(p) && thread_group_empty(p)) {
if (!same_thread_group(p->real_parent, tracer))
do_notify_parent(p, p->exit_signal);
- else if (ignoring_children(tracer->sighand))
+ else if (ignoring_children(tracer->sighand)) {
+ __wake_up_parent(p, tracer);
p->exit_signal = -1;
+ }
}
if (task_detached(p)) {
/* Mark it as in the process of being reaped. */