On 10/26, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > There are several functions that do find_task_by_vpid() followed by > get_task_struct(). We can use a helper function instead. Yes, agreed, I was going to do this many times. > --- a/kernel/futex.c > +++ b/kernel/futex.c > @@ -870,12 +870,7 @@ static struct task_struct *futex_find_get_task(pid_t pid) > { > struct task_struct *p; > > - rcu_read_lock(); > - p = find_task_by_vpid(pid); > - if (p) > - get_task_struct(p); > - > - rcu_read_unlock(); > + p = find_get_task_by_vpid(pid); > > return p; OK, but then I think you should remove futex_find_get_task() and convert it callers to use the new helper. > @@ -1103,11 +1103,7 @@ static struct task_struct *ptrace_get_task_struct(pid_t pid) > { > struct task_struct *child; > > - rcu_read_lock(); > - child = find_task_by_vpid(pid); > - if (child) > - get_task_struct(child); > - rcu_read_unlock(); > + child = find_get_task_by_vpid(pid); > > if (!child) > return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH); The same. ptrace_get_task_struct() should die imo. Oleg. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>