ChangeSet@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 2004-08-27 10:34:04-07:00, roland@xxxxxxxxxxI think this should be fixed in stable kernel version, but it isn't. I have consulted this problem in a forum. Few people can reproduce the bug. They have kernels 2.6.7, 2.6.8. I am pretty sure I have kernel 2.6.9-rc3 from kernel.org :) I downloaded it to check if the bug is not fixed.
[PATCH] fix MT reparenting when thread group leader dies
but it is possible that it worked before that patch and this one
actually rebroke it.
/proc/<tid> is visible because of:
ChangeSet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 2004-03-01 23:03:02-08:00, akpm@xxxxxxxx
[PATCH] revert the /proc thread visibility fix
which was needed to get gdb to work.
Petr