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From: Ziran Zhang <zhangcoder@yeah.net>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
	K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ziran Zhang <zhangcoder@yeah.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2] sched: clarify ptrace's effect on task_struct->parent
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:30:26 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260910133027.8453-1-zhangcoder@yeah.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260910041721.8135-1-zhangcoder@yeah.net>

The current comment for the parent field does not explain that it can be
temporarily replaced by the tracer when the task is being ptraced.

This can lead to confusion, so clarify the comment to document this
important behavior.

No functional change.

Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ziran Zhang <zhangcoder@yeah.net>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use Oleg's minimal wording suggestion to adjust comment.

 include/linux/sched.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 705970d07..8aad8a8ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/* Real parent process: */
 	struct task_struct __rcu	*real_parent;
 
-	/* Recipient of SIGCHLD, wait4() reports: */
+	/* Recipient of SIGCHLD, wait4() reports: ->real_parent or ptracer */
 	struct task_struct __rcu	*parent;
 
 	/*
-- 
2.51.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-10 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-10  4:17 [PATCH] " Ziran Zhang
2026-09-10 12:54 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-09-10 13:16   ` Ziran Zhang
2026-09-10 13:30 ` Ziran Zhang [this message]

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