Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 5/7] taskstats: Improve cumulative CPU time accounting

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>]

On 11/16, Michael Holzheu wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 19:38 +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > I already asked you to split these changes, perhaps you can do this?
> > Say, bacct_add_tsk() looks overcomplicated, the change in copy_process()
> > shouldn't introduce the new CLONE_THREAD check, not sure I understand
> > why release_task() was chosen for reparenting, other nits...
>
> I want to establish the new hierarchy when a new process is forked and
> not for new threads, therefore the check for CLONE_THREAD in
> copy_process().

Yes, but copy_process() already checks CLONE_THREAD many times. No
need to introduce the new check.

> I do the reparenting with reparent_acct() when a process
> dies, therefore the check for "group_dead" in exit_signal().

And it is not clear to me why release_task() is better than
exit_notify().


That said, perhaps I'll understand this reading the next version.
That is why I asked to split.

Oleg.