The patch titled elf_fdpic_core_dump: don't take tasklist_lock has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is elf_fdpic_core_dump-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: elf_fdpic_core_dump: don't take tasklist_lock From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> do_each_thread() is rcu-safe, and all tasks which use this ->mm must sleep in wait_for_completion(&mm->core_done) at this point, so we can use RCU locks. Also, remove unneeded INIT_LIST_HEAD(new) before list_add(new, head). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-By: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c~elf_fdpic_core_dump-dont-take-tasklist_lock fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c --- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c~elf_fdpic_core_dump-dont-take-tasklist_lock +++ a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c @@ -1597,20 +1597,19 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(long sign if (signr) { struct elf_thread_status *tmp; - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_lock(); do_each_thread(g,p) if (current->mm == p->mm && current != p) { tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!tmp) { - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); goto cleanup; } - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp->list); tmp->thread = p; list_add(&tmp->list, &thread_list); } while_each_thread(g,p); - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); list_for_each(t, &thread_list) { struct elf_thread_status *tmp; int sz; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch git-block.patch proc-readdir-race-fix-take-3-race-fix.patch vt-rework-the-console-spawning-variables.patch vt-make-vt_pid-a-struct-pid-making-it-pid-wrap-around-safe.patch simplify-pid-iterators.patch file-add-locking-to-f_getown.patch proc-convert-task_sig-to-use-lock_task_sighand.patch proc-convert-do_task_stat-to-use-lock_task_sighand.patch proc-drop-tasklist-lock-in-task_state.patch proc-properly-compute-tgid_offset.patch proc-remove-trailing-blank-entry-from-pid_entry-arrays.patch proc-remove-the-useless-smp-safe-comments-from-proc.patch proc-comment-what-proc_fill_cache-does.patch introduce-get_task_pid-to-fix-unsafe-get_pid.patch rcu-simplify-improve-batch-tuning.patch pidhash-temporary-debug-checks.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