On 10/15, Christian Brauner wrote: > > +static inline bool task_alive(struct pid *pid) > +{ > + bool alive = true; > + > + rcu_read_lock(); > + if (!pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID)) > + alive = false; > + rcu_read_unlock(); > + > + return alive; > +} Well, the usage of rcu_read_lock/unlock looks confusing to me... I mean, this helper does not need rcu lock at all. Except rcu_dereference_check() will complain. static inline bool task_alive(struct pid *pid) { bool alive; /* shut up rcu_dereference_check() */ rcu_lock_acquire(&rcu_lock_map); alive = !!pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID)); rcu_lock_release(&rcu_lock_map); return alive; } looks more clear imo. But in fact I'd suggest to simply use !hlist_empty(&pid->tasks[PIDTYPE_PID]) in pidfd_show_fdinfo() and do not add a new helper. Oleg.