This looks more clear and simplifies the code. While at it, remove the unnecessary initialization of pos/task at the start of bpf_iter_task_new(). Note that we can even kill kit->task, we can just use pos->group_leader, but I don't understand the BUILD_BUG_ON() checks in bpf_iter_task_new(). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/bpf/task_iter.c | 14 +++++--------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c index d42e08d0d0b7..e5c3500443c6 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c @@ -978,7 +978,6 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_iter_task_new(struct bpf_iter_task *it, BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(struct bpf_iter_task_kern) != __alignof__(struct bpf_iter_task)); - kit->task = kit->pos = NULL; switch (flags) { case BPF_TASK_ITER_ALL_THREADS: case BPF_TASK_ITER_ALL_PROCS: @@ -1016,18 +1015,15 @@ __bpf_kfunc struct task_struct *bpf_iter_task_next(struct bpf_iter_task *it) goto get_next_task; kit->pos = __next_thread(kit->pos); - if (!kit->pos) { - if (flags == BPF_TASK_ITER_PROC_THREADS) - return pos; - kit->pos = kit->task; - } else + if (kit->pos || flags == BPF_TASK_ITER_PROC_THREADS) return pos; get_next_task: - kit->pos = next_task(kit->pos); - kit->task = kit->pos; - if (kit->pos == &init_task) + kit->task = next_task(kit->task); + if (kit->task == &init_task) kit->pos = NULL; + else + kit->pos = kit->task; return pos; } -- 2.25.1.362.g51ebf55