The patch titled pid namespaces: remove the struct pid unneeded fields has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is pid-namespaces-remove-the-struct-pid-unneeded-fields.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: pid namespaces: remove the struct pid unneeded fields From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> Since we've switched from using pid->nr to pid->upids->nr some fields on struct pid are no longer needed Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/init_task.h | 3 --- include/linux/pid.h | 3 --- kernel/pid.c | 1 - 3 files changed, 7 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/init_task.h~pid-namespaces-remove-the-struct-pid-unneeded-fields include/linux/init_task.h --- a/include/linux/init_task.h~pid-namespaces-remove-the-struct-pid-unneeded-fields +++ a/include/linux/init_task.h @@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ extern struct group_info init_groups; #define INIT_STRUCT_PID { \ .count = ATOMIC_INIT(1), \ - .nr = 0, \ - /* Don't put this struct pid in pid_hash */ \ - .pid_chain = { .next = NULL, .pprev = NULL }, \ .tasks = { \ { .first = &init_task.pids[PIDTYPE_PID].node }, \ { .first = &init_task.pids[PIDTYPE_PGID].node }, \ diff -puN include/linux/pid.h~pid-namespaces-remove-the-struct-pid-unneeded-fields include/linux/pid.h --- a/include/linux/pid.h~pid-namespaces-remove-the-struct-pid-unneeded-fields +++ a/include/linux/pid.h @@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ struct upid { struct pid { atomic_t count; - /* Try to keep pid_chain in the same cacheline as nr for find_pid */ - int nr; - struct hlist_node pid_chain; /* lists of tasks that use this pid */ struct hlist_head tasks[PIDTYPE_MAX]; struct rcu_head rcu; diff -puN kernel/pid.c~pid-namespaces-remove-the-struct-pid-unneeded-fields kernel/pid.c --- a/kernel/pid.c~pid-namespaces-remove-the-struct-pid-unneeded-fields +++ a/kernel/pid.c @@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespa get_pid_ns(ns); pid->level = ns->level; - pid->nr = pid->numbers[0].nr; atomic_set(&pid->count, 1); for (type = 0; type < PIDTYPE_MAX; ++type) INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&pid->tasks[type]); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from xemul@xxxxxxxxxx are git-net.patch pid-namespaces-round-up-the-api.patch pid-namespaces-make-get_pid_ns-return-the-namespace-itself.patch pid-namespaces-dynamic-kmem-cache-allocator-for-pid-namespaces.patch pid-namespaces-dynamic-kmem-cache-allocator-for-pid-namespaces-fix.patch pid-namespaces-define-and-use-task_active_pid_ns-wrapper.patch pid-namespaces-rename-child_reaper-function.patch pid-namespaces-use-task_pid-to-find-leaders-pid.patch pid-namespaces-define-is_global_init-and-is_container_init.patch pid-namespaces-move-alloc_pid-to-copy_process.patch make-access-to-tasks-nsproxy-lighter.patch pid-namespaces-rework-forget_original_parent.patch pid-namespaces-move-exit_task_namespaces.patch pid-namespaces-introduce-ms_kernmount-flag.patch pid-namespaces-prepare-proc_flust_task-to-flush-entries-from-multiple-proc-trees.patch pid-namespaces-introduce-struct-upid.patch pid-namespaces-add-support-for-pid-namespaces-hierarchy.patch pid-namespaces-make-alloc_pid-free_pid-and-put_pid-work-with-struct-upid.patch pid-namespaces-helpers-to-obtain-pid-numbers.patch pid-namespaces-helpers-to-find-the-task-by-its-numerical-ids.patch pid-namespaces-move-alloc_pid-lower-in-copy_process.patch pid-namespaces-make-proc-have-multiple-superblocks-one-for-each-namespace.patch pid-namespaces-miscelaneous-preparations-for-pid-namespaces.patch pid-namespaces-allow-cloning-of-new-namespace.patch pid-namespaces-make-proc_flush_task-actually-from-entries-from-multiple-namespaces.patch pid-namespaces-initialize-the-namespaces-proc_mnt.patch pid-namespaces-allow-signalling-container-init.patch pid-namespaces-destroy-pid-namespace-on-inits-death.patch pid-namespaces-changes-to-show-virtual-ids-to-user.patch pid-namespaces-remove-the-struct-pid-unneeded-fields.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