On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 03:58:25PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > 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. Agree. My cocci script was too simple :) > > @@ -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. Yeah, we could just return -ESRCH in ptrace_get_task_struct users instead of all the ERR_PTR and PTR_ERR conversions... > Oleg. > -- Sincerely yours, Mike. -- 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>