[PATCH] introduce TASK_DEAD state
I am not sure about this patch, I am asking Ingo to take a decision.
task_struct->state == EXIT_DEAD is a very special case, to avoid a confusion
it makes sense to introduce a new state, TASK_DEAD, while EXIT_DEAD should
live only in ->exit_state as documented in sched.h.
Note that this state is not visible to user-space, get_task_state() masks off
unsuitable states.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 9dd5f13..2e4c13c 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@
preempt_disable();
/* causes final put_task_struct in finish_task_switch(). */
- tsk->state = EXIT_DEAD;
+ tsk->state = TASK_DEAD;
schedule();
BUG();
