From: Coywolf Qi Hunt The PF_DEAD setting doesn't belong to exit_notify(), move it to a proper place. Signed-off-by: Coywolf Qi Hunt Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/exit.c | 9 ++++----- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/exit.c~pf_dead-cleanup kernel/exit.c --- devel/kernel/exit.c~pf_dead-cleanup 2005-10-11 21:18:00.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/kernel/exit.c 2005-10-11 21:18:00.000000000 -0700 @@ -783,10 +783,6 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_stru /* If the process is dead, release it - nobody will wait for it */ if (state == EXIT_DEAD) release_task(tsk); - - /* PF_DEAD causes final put_task_struct after we schedule. */ - preempt_disable(); - tsk->flags |= PF_DEAD; } fastcall NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code) @@ -869,7 +865,10 @@ fastcall NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long co tsk->mempolicy = NULL; #endif - BUG_ON(!(current->flags & PF_DEAD)); + /* PF_DEAD causes final put_task_struct after we schedule. */ + preempt_disable(); + current->flags |= PF_DEAD; + schedule(); BUG(); /* Avoid "noreturn function does return". */ _