From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265223AbUBAFqc (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:46:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265225AbUBAFqc (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:46:32 -0500 Received: from nevyn.them.org ([66.93.172.17]:39043 "EHLO nevyn.them.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265223AbUBAFqb (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:46:31 -0500 Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:46:17 -0500 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Roland McGrath Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List , Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: More waitpid issues with CLONE_DETACHED/CLONE_THREAD Message-ID: <20040201054617.GA15373@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Roland McGrath , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List , Ingo Molnar References: <20040201051435.GA19421@nevyn.them.org> <200402010542.i115gqbM026295@magilla.sf.frob.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200402010542.i115gqbM026295@magilla.sf.frob.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 09:42:52PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote: > > I thought that a new group leader would be swapped in to that TID? But > > I was always confused by the mechanics of that. > > The group leader never changes. The zombie group leader just sticks around > until there are no other threads in the group. (The only exception here is > exec.) Ah, thanks, it was exec that I was thinking of. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer