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-rw-r--r--kernel/exit.c12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index e0c0e7405eff..be0df7d2276c 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void daemonize(void)
/*
* When we die, we re-parent all our children.
- * Try to give them to another thread in our process
+ * Try to give them to another thread in our thread
* group, and if no such member exists, give it to
* the global child reaper process (ie "init")
*/
@@ -241,8 +241,14 @@ static inline void forget_original_parent(struct task_struct * father)
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
- /* Next in our thread group */
- reaper = next_thread(father);
+ /* Next in our thread group, if they're not already exiting */
+ reaper = father;
+ do {
+ reaper = next_thread(reaper);
+ if (!(reaper->flags & PF_EXITING))
+ break;
+ } while (reaper != father);
+
if (reaper == father)
reaper = child_reaper;