From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265221AbUBAFnG (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:43:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265223AbUBAFnG (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:43:06 -0500 Received: from mail2.speakeasy.net ([216.254.0.202]:28056 "EHLO mail2.speakeasy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265221AbUBAFm6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 00:42:58 -0500 Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:42:52 -0800 Message-Id: <200402010542.i115gqbM026295@magilla.sf.frob.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Roland McGrath To: Daniel Jacobowitz X-Fcc: ~/Mail/linus Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List , Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: More waitpid issues with CLONE_DETACHED/CLONE_THREAD In-Reply-To: Daniel Jacobowitz's message of Sunday, 1 February 2004 00:14:35 -0500 <20040201051435.GA19421@nevyn.them.org> Emacs: it's all fun and games, until somebody tries to edit a file. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I thought that a new group leader would be swapped in to that TID? But > I was always confused by the mechanics of that. The group leader never changes. The zombie group leader just sticks around until there are no other threads in the group. (The only exception here is exec.)