[PATCH] futex_find_get_task(): remove an obscure EXIT_ZOMBIE check

futex_find_get_task:

if (p->state == EXIT_ZOMBIE || p->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE)
return NULL;

I can't understand this. First, p->state can't be EXIT_ZOMBIE. The
->exit_state check looks strange too. Sub-threads or tasks whose ->parent
ignores SIGCHLD go directly to EXIT_DEAD state (I am ignoring a ptrace
case). Why EXIT_DEAD tasks should be ok? Yes, EXIT_ZOMBIE is more
important (a task may stay zombie for a long time), but this doesn't mean
we should explicitely ignore other EXIT_XXX states.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

authored by Oleg Nesterov and committed by Linus Torvalds d015baeb 533475d3

+1 -1
+1 -1
kernel/futex.c
··· 397 397 p = NULL; 398 398 goto out_unlock; 399 399 } 400 - if (p->state == EXIT_ZOMBIE || p->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE) { 400 + if (p->exit_state != 0) { 401 401 p = NULL; 402 402 goto out_unlock; 403 403 }