The patch titled ia64: make pfm_get_task work with virtual pids has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ia64-make-pfm_get_task-work-with-virtual-pids.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** 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 The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ia64: make pfm_get_task work with virtual pids From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> This pid comes from user space, so treat it accordingly. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c~ia64-make-pfm_get_task-work-with-virtual-pids arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c~ia64-make-pfm_get_task-work-with-virtual-pids +++ a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c @@ -2654,11 +2654,11 @@ pfm_get_task(pfm_context_t *ctx, pid_t p /* XXX: need to add more checks here */ if (pid < 2) return -EPERM; - if (pid != current->pid) { + if (pid != task_pid_vnr(current)) { read_lock(&tasklist_lock); - p = find_task_by_pid(pid); + p = find_task_by_vpid(pid); /* make sure task cannot go away while we operate on it */ if (p) get_task_struct(p); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from xemul@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch git-net.patch shmem-factor-out-sbi-free_inodes-manipulations.patch 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