do_wait() optimization: do not place sub-threads on task_struct->children list

Thanks to Roland who pointed out de_thread() issues.

Currently we add sub-threads to ->real_parent->children list.  This buys
nothing but slows down do_wait().

With this patch ->children contains only main threads (group leaders).
The only complication is that forget_original_parent() should iterate over
sub-threads by hand, and de_thread() needs another list_replace() when it
changes ->group_leader.

Henceforth do_wait_thread() can never see task_detached() && !EXIT_DEAD
tasks, we can remove this check (and we can unify do_wait_thread() and
ptrace_do_wait()).

This change can confuse the optimistic search in mm_update_next_owner(),
but this is fixable and minor.

Perhaps badness() and oom_kill_process() should be updated, but they
should be fixed in any case.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ratan Nalumasu <rnalumasu@gmail.com>
Cc: Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk@redhat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 623a5cc..77db9a9 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -826,7 +826,9 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		attach_pid(tsk, PIDTYPE_PID,  task_pid(leader));
 		transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_PGID);
 		transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_SID);
+
 		list_replace_rcu(&leader->tasks, &tsk->tasks);
+		list_replace_init(&leader->sibling, &tsk->sibling);
 
 		tsk->group_leader = tsk;
 		leader->group_leader = tsk;