The patch titled futex_find_get_task(): don't take tasklist_lock has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is futex_find_get_task-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: futex_find_get_task(): don't take tasklist_lock From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> It is ok to do find_task_by_pid() + get_task_struct() under rcu_read_lock(), we cand drop tasklist_lock. Note that testing of ->exit_state is racy with or without tasklist anyway. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- kernel/futex.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/futex.c~futex_find_get_task-dont-take-tasklist_lock kernel/futex.c --- a/kernel/futex.c~futex_find_get_task-dont-take-tasklist_lock +++ a/kernel/futex.c @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static struct task_struct * futex_find_g { struct task_struct *p; - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_lock(); p = find_task_by_pid(pid); if (!p) goto out_unlock; @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static struct task_struct * futex_find_g } get_task_struct(p); out_unlock: - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); return p; } _ 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