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From: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary-uLTowLwuiw4b1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers-tD+1rO4QERM@public.gmane.org>,
	akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	roland-/Z5OmTQCD9xF6kxbq+BtvQ@public.gmane.org,
	torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: + prctl-add-pr_setget_child_reaper-to-allow-simple-process-supervision .patch added to -mm tree
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:43:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110818124353.GA2839@tango.0pointer.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110817134516.GA14136-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, 17.08.11 15:45, Oleg Nesterov (oleg-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org) wrote:

> You should mark the whole process as sub-reaper, not a single thread
> which does prctl(). The parent/child relationship is process-wide.

Hmm, how would we implement this best? Would it be sufficient to follow
group_leader pointer to set/get the flag, and to follow real_parent
instead of parent when looking for the reaper task (i.e. the one with
the flag set)?

Lennart

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From: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org, roland@hack.frob.com,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: + prctl-add-pr_setget_child_reaper-to-allow-simple-process-supervision .patch added to -mm tree
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:43:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110818124353.GA2839@tango.0pointer.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110817134516.GA14136@redhat.com>

On Wed, 17.08.11 15:45, Oleg Nesterov (oleg@redhat.com) wrote:

> You should mark the whole process as sub-reaper, not a single thread
> which does prctl(). The parent/child relationship is process-wide.

Hmm, how would we implement this best? Would it be sufficient to follow
group_leader pointer to set/get the flag, and to follow real_parent
instead of parent when looking for the reaper task (i.e. the one with
the flag set)?

Lennart

-- 
Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-08-18 12:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-16 20:11 + prctl-add-pr_setget_child_reaper-to-allow-simple-process-supervision.patch added to -mm tree akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b
     [not found] ` <201108162011.p7GKBcY0023134-AB4EexQrvXRQetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 11:55   ` + prctl-add-pr_setget_child_reaper-to-allow-simple-process-supervision .patch " Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-17 11:55     ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]     ` <20110817115543.GA8745-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 13:05       ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-17 13:05         ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]         ` <20110817130531.GA12204-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 13:21           ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-17 13:21             ` Kay Sievers
     [not found]             ` <CAPXgP10A4rcQLht--h1d3PJE=oOrm=MSjGXTUSKVF+ssnkt_gw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 13:37               ` Alan Cox
2011-08-17 13:37                 ` Alan Cox
     [not found]                 ` <20110817143728.7abc955b-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-23  0:30                   ` Colin Walters
2011-08-23  0:30                     ` Colin Walters
2011-08-17 14:16               ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-17 14:16                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-17 16:03               ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-08-17 16:03                 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-08-17 13:13     ` Kay Sievers
     [not found]       ` <CAPXgP12rYf2HmmsJAuJw=nrtcjTRR1WzDhLNM47eKhKA1UTfJQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 13:45         ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-17 13:45           ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]           ` <20110817134516.GA14136-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 15:45             ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-17 15:45               ` Kay Sievers
     [not found]               ` <CAPXgP101N_GESzpqu=P_H8cLoekMzb2_W2eWyAqATSjm4Gj9CA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 15:53                 ` Alan Cox
2011-08-17 15:53                   ` Alan Cox
2011-08-17 16:20                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-17 16:20                   ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]                   ` <20110817162041.GA21406-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 16:47                     ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-17 16:47                       ` Kay Sievers
     [not found]                       ` <CAPXgP13Dn2c-OnYg-Cty5r4JbqeH_zYPtXDj5GAfK1btoKYmDg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 18:57                         ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-17 18:57                           ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]                           ` <20110817185709.GA27663-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-17 20:56                             ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-17 20:56                               ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-18 12:43             ` Lennart Poettering [this message]
2011-08-18 12:43               ` Lennart Poettering
     [not found]               ` <20110818124353.GA2839-kS5D54t9nk0aINubkmmoJbNAH6kLmebB@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-18 14:25                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-18 14:25                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-18 18:11                   ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-18 18:48                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-18 18:48                       ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]                       ` <20110818184857.GA12094-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-19  1:31                         ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-19  1:31                           ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-19 12:25                           ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-19 12:25                             ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]                             ` <20110819122503.GA8411-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-19 12:44                               ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-19 12:44                                 ` Kay Sievers
     [not found]                                 ` <CAPXgP11KC2fTWBVYo6CBXe924YAyTGhx9=UTBDf4cP5Acuo0NA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-19 13:13                                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-19 13:13                                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-19 14:20                                     ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-19 14:58                                       ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-19 14:58                                         ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]                                         ` <20110819145815.GA15420-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-20 15:33                                           ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-20 15:33                                             ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-21 18:33                                             ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-22 11:14                                               ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-08-22 11:14                                                 ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]                                                 ` <20110822111402.GA13248-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-22 23:48                                                   ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-22 23:48                                                     ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-18 21:23                     ` Linus Torvalds
2011-08-18 21:23                       ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]                       ` <CA+55aFxGDbNOhNQJe_LpUMcJCGcW8qFFWzC9H0_KW26Xzb0cXw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-18 21:55                         ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-18 21:55                           ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-18 22:22                           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-08-18 22:22                             ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]                             ` <CA+55aFyFnMRMuWSSpytwvpk9u5YysMRfTRELyhGX9grWbGyi6Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-19  0:48                               ` Kay Sievers
2011-08-19  0:48                                 ` Kay Sievers

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