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-rw-r--r--kernel/exit.c15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index decf648574f6..e354cbb13a9b 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -560,9 +560,6 @@ static void reparent_leader(struct task_struct *father, struct task_struct *p,
struct list_head *dead)
{
list_move_tail(&p->sibling, &p->real_parent->children);
-
- if (p->exit_state == EXIT_DEAD)
- return;
/*
* If this is a threaded reparent there is no need to
* notify anyone anything has happened.
@@ -570,9 +567,19 @@ static void reparent_leader(struct task_struct *father, struct task_struct *p,
if (same_thread_group(p->real_parent, father))
return;
- /* We don't want people slaying init. */
+ /*
+ * We don't want people slaying init.
+ *
+ * Note: we do this even if it is EXIT_DEAD, wait_task_zombie()
+ * can change ->exit_state to EXIT_ZOMBIE. If this is the final
+ * state, do_notify_parent() was already called and ->exit_signal
+ * doesn't matter.
+ */
p->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
+ if (p->exit_state == EXIT_DEAD)
+ return;
+
/* If it has exited notify the new parent about this child's death. */
if (!p->ptrace &&
p->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE && thread_group_empty(p)) {