It only adds the unnecessary confusion and compicates the "retry" code. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/bpf/task_iter.c | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c index 2264870ae3fc..f51f476ec679 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static struct task_struct *task_group_seq_get_next(struct bpf_iter_seq_task_comm u32 *tid, bool skip_if_dup_files) { - struct task_struct *task, *next_task; + struct task_struct *task; struct pid *pid; u32 saved_tid; @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ static struct task_struct *task_group_seq_get_next(struct bpf_iter_seq_task_comm return NULL; retry: - next_task = next_thread(task); + task = next_thread(task); saved_tid = *tid; - *tid = __task_pid_nr_ns(next_task, PIDTYPE_PID, common->ns); + *tid = __task_pid_nr_ns(task, PIDTYPE_PID, common->ns); if (!*tid || *tid == common->pid) { /* Run out of tasks of a process. The tasks of a * thread_group are linked as circular linked list. @@ -82,13 +82,11 @@ static struct task_struct *task_group_seq_get_next(struct bpf_iter_seq_task_comm common->pid_visiting = *tid; - if (skip_if_dup_files && next_task->files == next_task->group_leader->files) { - task = next_task; + if (skip_if_dup_files && task->files == task->group_leader->files) goto retry; - } - get_task_struct(next_task); - return next_task; + get_task_struct(task); + return task; } static struct task_struct *task_seq_get_next(struct bpf_iter_seq_task_common *common, -- 2.25.1.362.g51ebf55