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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-09-24 15:13:11 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-09-24 15:13:11 -0700
commit8b3f6af86378d0a10ca2f1ded1da124aef13b62c (patch)
treede6ca90295730343c495be8d98be8efa322140ef /kernel/ptrace.c
parent139d6065c83071d5f66cd013a274a43699f8e2c1 (diff)
parent94e0fb086fc5663c38bbc0fe86d698be8314f82f (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Conflicts: drivers/staging/Kconfig drivers/staging/Makefile drivers/staging/cpc-usb/TODO drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpc-usb_drv.c drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpc.h drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpc_int.h drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpcusb.h
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/ptrace.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 307c285af59e..23bd09cd042e 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -266,9 +266,10 @@ static int ignoring_children(struct sighand_struct *sigh)
* or self-reaping. Do notification now if it would have happened earlier.
* If it should reap itself, return true.
*
- * If it's our own child, there is no notification to do.
- * But if our normal children self-reap, then this child
- * was prevented by ptrace and we must reap it now.
+ * If it's our own child, there is no notification to do. But if our normal
+ * children self-reap, then this child was prevented by ptrace and we must
+ * reap it now, in that case we must also wake up sub-threads sleeping in
+ * do_wait().
*/
static bool __ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *tracer, struct task_struct *p)
{
@@ -278,8 +279,10 @@ static bool __ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *tracer, struct task_struct *p)
if (!task_detached(p) && thread_group_empty(p)) {
if (!same_thread_group(p->real_parent, tracer))
do_notify_parent(p, p->exit_signal);
- else if (ignoring_children(tracer->sighand))
+ else if (ignoring_children(tracer->sighand)) {
+ __wake_up_parent(p, tracer);
p->exit_signal = -1;
+ }
}
if (task_detached(p)) {
/* Mark it as in the process of being reaped. */