+ kill-task_struct-thread_group.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The patch titled
     Subject: kill task_struct->thread_group
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     kill-task_struct-thread_group.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kill-task_struct-thread_group.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kill task_struct->thread_group
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:14:09 +0200

The last user was removed by the previous patch.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230826111409.GA23243@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 include/linux/sched.h |    1 -
 init/init_task.c      |    1 -
 kernel/exit.c         |    1 -
 kernel/fork.c         |    3 ---
 4 files changed, 6 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/sched.h~kill-task_struct-thread_group
+++ a/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -997,7 +997,6 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/* PID/PID hash table linkage. */
 	struct pid			*thread_pid;
 	struct hlist_node		pid_links[PIDTYPE_MAX];
-	struct list_head		thread_group;
 	struct list_head		thread_node;
 
 	struct completion		*vfork_done;
--- a/init/init_task.c~kill-task_struct-thread_group
+++ a/init/init_task.c
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ struct task_struct init_task
 	.pi_lock	= __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_task.pi_lock),
 	.timer_slack_ns = 50000, /* 50 usec default slack */
 	.thread_pid	= &init_struct_pid,
-	.thread_group	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_task.thread_group),
 	.thread_node	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_signals.thread_head),
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
 	.loginuid	= INVALID_UID,
--- a/kernel/exit.c~kill-task_struct-thread_group
+++ a/kernel/exit.c
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ static void __unhash_process(struct task
 		list_del_init(&p->sibling);
 		__this_cpu_dec(process_counts);
 	}
-	list_del_rcu(&p->thread_group);
 	list_del_rcu(&p->thread_node);
 }
 
--- a/kernel/fork.c~kill-task_struct-thread_group
+++ a/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2575,7 +2575,6 @@ __latent_entropy struct task_struct *cop
 	p->dirty_paused_when = 0;
 
 	p->pdeath_signal = 0;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->thread_group);
 	p->task_works = NULL;
 	clear_posix_cputimers_work(p);
 
@@ -2703,8 +2702,6 @@ __latent_entropy struct task_struct *cop
 			atomic_inc(&current->signal->live);
 			refcount_inc(&current->signal->sigcnt);
 			task_join_group_stop(p);
-			list_add_tail_rcu(&p->thread_group,
-					  &p->group_leader->thread_group);
 			list_add_tail_rcu(&p->thread_node,
 					  &p->signal->thread_head);
 		}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are

change-thread_group_empty-to-use-task_struct-thread_node.patch
kill-task_struct-thread_group.patch