Re: [PATCH 1/2] oom: don't ignore rss in nascent mm

[Roland McGrath <roland () redhat com>]

> I wonder if it makes sense to move ->cred_guard_mutex from task_struct
> to signal_struct and thus make multiple-threads-inside-exec impossible.
> Only one thread can win anyway.

That probably makes sense.  Note that cred_guard_mutex is also overloaded
for ptrace_attach, so this would add some more serialization of attaches to
threads in the same group.  But as long as actual attachment serializes on
tasklist_lock anyway, it doesn't make a material difference.  (Even without
that, it would presumably be the same debugger attaching serially to
threads in the same group, so it wouldn't degrade anything in practice.)


Thanks,
Roland