The patch titled
Subject: proc: task_state: ptrace_parent() doesn't need pid_alive() check
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
proc-task_state-ptrace_parent-doesnt-need-pid_alive-check.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/proc-task_state-ptrace_parent-doesnt-need-pid_alive-check.patch
echo and later at
echo http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/proc-task_state-ptrace_parent-doesnt-need-pid_alive-check.patch
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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: proc: task_state: ptrace_parent() doesn't need pid_alive() check
p->ptrace != 0 means that release_task(p) was not called, so pid_alive()
buys nothing and we can remove this check. Other callers already use it
directly without additional checks.
Note: with or without this patch ptrace_parent() can return the pointer to
the freed task, this will be explained/fixed later.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Sterling Alexander <stalexan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/array.c | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/proc/array.c~proc-task_state-ptrace_parent-doesnt-need-pid_alive-check fs/proc/array.c
--- a/fs/proc/array.c~proc-task_state-ptrace_parent-doesnt-need-pid_alive-check
+++ a/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -157,19 +157,18 @@ static inline void task_state(struct seq
struct user_namespace *user_ns = seq_user_ns(m);
struct group_info *group_info;
int g;
+ struct task_struct *tracer;
const struct cred *cred;
- pid_t ppid, tpid, tgid, ngid;
+ pid_t ppid, tpid = 0, tgid, ngid;
unsigned int max_fds = 0;
rcu_read_lock();
ppid = pid_alive(p) ?
task_tgid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(p->real_parent), ns) : 0;
- tpid = 0;
- if (pid_alive(p)) {
- struct task_struct *tracer = ptrace_parent(p);
- if (tracer)
- tpid = task_pid_nr_ns(tracer, ns);
- }
+
+ tracer = ptrace_parent(p);
+ if (tracer)
+ tpid = task_pid_nr_ns(tracer, ns);
tgid = task_tgid_nr_ns(p, ns);
ngid = task_numa_group_id(p);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are
mmfs-introduce-helpers-around-the-i_mmap_mutex.patch
mm-use-new-helper-functions-around-the-i_mmap_mutex.patch
mm-convert-i_mmap_mutex-to-rwsem.patch
mm-rmap-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch
uprobes-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch
mm-xip-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch
mm-memory-failure-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch
mm-nommu-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch
mm-memoryc-share-the-i_mmap_rwsem.patch
proc-task_state-read-cred-group_info-outside-of-task_lock.patch
proc-task_state-deuglify-the-max_fds-calculation.patch
proc-task_state-move-the-main-seq_printf-outside-of-rcu_read_lock.patch
proc-task_state-ptrace_parent-doesnt-need-pid_alive-check.patch
sched_show_task-fix-unsafe-usage-of-real_parent.patch
exit-reparent-use-ptrace_entry-rather-than-sibling-for-exit_dead-tasks.patch
exit-reparent-cleanup-the-changing-of-parent.patch
exit-reparent-cleanup-the-usage-of-reparent_leader.patch
exit-ptrace-shift-reap-dead-code-from-exit_ptrace-to-forget_original_parent.patch
usermodehelper-dont-use-clone_vfork-for-____call_usermodehelper.patch
usermodehelper-kill-the-kmod_thread_locker-logic.patch
linux-next.patch
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