return ispipe;
 }
 
-static void zap_process(struct task_struct *start)
+static int zap_process(struct task_struct *start)
 {
        struct task_struct *t;
+       int nr = 0;
 
        start->signal->flags = SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT;
        start->signal->group_stop_count = 0;
        t = start;
        do {
                if (t != current && t->mm) {
-                       t->mm->core_state->nr_threads++;
                        sigaddset(&t->pending.signal, SIGKILL);
                        signal_wake_up(t, 1);
+                       nr++;
                }
        } while_each_thread(start, t);
+
+       return nr;
 }
 
 static inline int zap_threads(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
-                               int exit_code)
+                               struct core_state *core_state, int exit_code)
 {
        struct task_struct *g, *p;
        unsigned long flags;
-       int err = -EAGAIN;
+       int nr = -EAGAIN;
 
        spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
        if (!signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) {
+               mm->core_state = core_state;
                tsk->signal->group_exit_code = exit_code;
-               zap_process(tsk);
-               err = 0;
+               nr = zap_process(tsk);
        }
        spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-       if (err)
-               return err;
+       if (unlikely(nr < 0))
+               return nr;
 
-       if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == mm->core_state->nr_threads + 1)
+       if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == nr + 1)
                goto done;
        /*
         * We should find and kill all tasks which use this mm, and we should
                        if (p->mm) {
                                if (unlikely(p->mm == mm)) {
                                        lock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
-                                       zap_process(p);
+                                       nr += zap_process(p);
                                        unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
                                }
                                break;
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
 done:
-       return mm->core_state->nr_threads;
+       core_state->nr_threads = nr;
+       return nr;
 }
 
 static int coredump_wait(int exit_code)
 
        init_completion(&mm->core_done);
        init_completion(&core_state.startup);
-       core_state.nr_threads = 0;
-       mm->core_state = &core_state;
-
-       core_waiters = zap_threads(tsk, mm, exit_code);
-       if (core_waiters < 0)
-               mm->core_state = NULL;
+       core_waiters = zap_threads(tsk, mm, &core_state, exit_code);
        up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
        if (unlikely(core_waiters < 0))