The patch titled proc: Remove tasklist_lock from proc_pid_readdir has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is proc-remove-tasklist_lock-from-proc_pid_readdir.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: proc: Remove tasklist_lock from proc_pid_readdir From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> We don't need the tasklist_lock to safely iterate through processes anymore. This depends on my previous to task patches that make get_task_struct rcu safe, and that make next_task() rcu safe. I haven't gotten first_tid/next_tid yet only because next_thread is missing an rcu_dereference. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/base.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~proc-remove-tasklist_lock-from-proc_pid_readdir fs/proc/base.c --- a/fs/proc/base.c~proc-remove-tasklist_lock-from-proc_pid_readdir +++ a/fs/proc/base.c @@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ out: static struct task_struct *first_tgid(int tgid, int nr) { struct task_struct *pos = NULL; - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_lock(); if (tgid && nr) { pos = find_task_by_pid(tgid); if (pos && !thread_group_leader(pos)) @@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ static struct task_struct *first_tgid(in } pos = NULL; done: - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); return pos; } @@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ done: static struct task_struct *next_tgid(struct task_struct *start) { struct task_struct *pos; - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_lock(); pos = start; if (pid_alive(start)) pos = next_task(start); @@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ static struct task_struct *next_tgid(str } pos = NULL; done: - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); put_task_struct(start); return pos; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch powerpc-adding-the-use-of-the-firmware-soft-reset-nmi-to-kdump.patch proc-sysctl-add-_proc_do_string-helper.patch namespaces-add-nsproxy.patch namespaces-add-nsproxy-dont-include-compileh.patch namespaces-incorporate-fs-namespace-into-nsproxy.patch namespaces-utsname-introduce-temporary-helpers.patch namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces.patch namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-alpha-fix.patch namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-cleanup.patch namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate.patch namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate-cifs-update.patch namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces.patch namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces-export.patch namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces-dont-include-compileh.patch namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack.patch namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack-cleanup.patch namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack-cleanup-2.patch namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack-cleanup-2-fix.patch namespaces-utsname-remove-system_utsname.patch namespaces-utsname-implement-clone_newuts-flag.patch uts-copy-nsproxy-only-when-needed.patch ipc-namespace-core-fix.patch ipc-namespace-core-unshare-fix.patch ipc-namespace-utils-compilation-fix.patch genirq-irq-document-what-an-irq-is.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html