Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched: Introduce set_special_state()

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 06:45:46PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 04/30, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >
> > --- a/kernel/signal.c
> > +++ b/kernel/signal.c
> > @@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, i
> >  	 * atomic with respect to siglock and should be done after the arch
> >  	 * hook as siglock is released and regrabbed across it.
> >  	 */
> > -	set_current_state(TASK_TRACED);
> > +	set_special_state(TASK_TRACED);
> 
> Yes, but please note the comment above, we need a barrier after state = TASK_TRACED,
> that is why ptrace_stop() does set_current_state(), not __set_current_state().

OK, so I got properly lost in that stuff.

The comment says it we need to set TASK_TRACED before clearing
JOBCTL_TRAPPING because of do_wait(), but I cannot seem to locate code
in do_wait() and below that cares about JOBCTL_TRAPPING.

Could you elucidate my tired brain?