4 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 9763de334f09..a06fc89cf6e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ extern unsigned long weighted_cpuload(const int cpu);
 #define EXIT_DEAD               32
 /* in tsk->state again */
 #define TASK_NONINTERACTIVE     64
+#define TASK_DEAD               128
 
 #define __set_task_state(tsk, state_value)              \
         do { (tsk)->state = (state_value); } while (0)
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 9dd5f1336da2..2e4c13cba95a 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ fastcall NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
 
         preempt_disable();
         /* causes final put_task_struct in finish_task_switch(). */
-        tsk->state = EXIT_DEAD;
+        tsk->state = TASK_DEAD;
 
         schedule();
         BUG();
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index a9405d7cc6ab..74f169ac0773 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1761,10 +1761,10 @@ static inline void finish_task_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
 
         /*
          * A task struct has one reference for the use as "current".
-         * If a task dies, then it sets EXIT_DEAD in tsk->state and calls
+         * If a task dies, then it sets TASK_DEAD in tsk->state and calls
          * schedule one last time. The schedule call will never return, and
          * the scheduled task must drop that reference.
-         * The test for EXIT_DEAD must occur while the runqueue locks are
+         * The test for TASK_DEAD must occur while the runqueue locks are
          * still held, otherwise prev could be scheduled on another cpu, die
          * there before we look at prev->state, and then the reference would
          * be dropped twice.
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ static inline void finish_task_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
         finish_lock_switch(rq, prev);
         if (mm)
                 mmdrop(mm);
-        if (unlikely(prev_state == EXIT_DEAD)) {
+        if (unlikely(prev_state == TASK_DEAD)) {
                 /*
                  * Remove function-return probe instances associated with this
                  * task and put them back on the free list.
@@ -5153,7 +5153,7 @@ static void migrate_dead(unsigned int dead_cpu, struct task_struct *p)
         BUG_ON(p->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE && p->exit_state != EXIT_DEAD);
 
         /* Cannot have done final schedule yet: would have vanished. */
-        BUG_ON(p->state == EXIT_DEAD);
+        BUG_ON(p->state == TASK_DEAD);
 
         get_task_struct(p);
 
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 202f186a753a..21f0a7e8e514 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints)
                                                 p->flags & PF_EXITING;
                 if (releasing) {
                         /* TASK_DEAD tasks have already released their mm */
-                        if (p->state == EXIT_DEAD)
+                        if (p->state == TASK_DEAD)
                                 continue;
                         if (p->flags & PF_EXITING && p == current) {
                                 chosen = p;