- added description of djurban's branch

[packages/kernel.git] / jam-11-self_exec_id.patch

	Fix bad signaling between threads when ancestor dies.
	Author: Zeuner, Axel <Axel.Zeuner@partner.commerzbank.com>

--- linux/kernel/exit.c.original	Mon Aug  5 09:09:31 2002
+++ linux/kernel/exit.c	Mon Aug  5 12:26:38 2002
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@
 		if (p->p_opptr == father) {
 			/* We dont want people slaying init */
 			p->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
-			p->self_exec_id++;
 
 			/* Make sure we're not reparenting to ourselves */
 			p->p_opptr = child_reaper;
--- linux/kernel/signal.c.original	Mon Aug  5 12:26:49 2002
+++ linux/kernel/signal.c	Mon Aug  5 12:34:44 2002
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
+extern struct task_struct* child_reaper;
+
 /*
  * SLAB caches for signal bits.
  */
@@ -744,6 +746,9 @@
 	struct siginfo info;
 	int why, status;
 
+	if (tsk->p_pptr==child_reaper) {
+		sig=SIGCHLD;
+	}
 	info.si_signo = sig;
 	info.si_errno = 0;
 	info.si_pid = tsk->pid;