The patch titled mips: use find_task_by_vpid in system calls has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mips-use-find_task_by_vpid-in-system-calls.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: mips: use find_task_by_vpid in system calls From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> There are some places left in mips, that lookup task in initial namespace, while the code doing so gets the pid from the user space and thus must treat it as virtual. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c | 2 +- arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c~mips-use-find_task_by_vpid-in-system-calls arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c --- a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c~mips-use-find_task_by_vpid-in-system-calls +++ a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ unsigned long mt_fpemul_threshold = 0; */ static inline struct task_struct *find_process_by_pid(pid_t pid) { - return pid ? find_task_by_pid(pid) : current; + return pid ? find_task_by_vpid(pid) : current; } diff -puN arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c~mips-use-find_task_by_vpid-in-system-calls arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c --- a/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c~mips-use-find_task_by_vpid-in-system-calls +++ a/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ asmlinkage int irix_prctl(unsigned optio printk("irix_prctl[%s:%d]: Wants PR_ISBLOCKED\n", current->comm, current->pid); read_lock(&tasklist_lock); - task = find_task_by_pid(va_arg(args, pid_t)); + task = find_task_by_vpid(va_arg(args, pid_t)); error = -ESRCH; if (error) error = (task->run_list.next != NULL); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from xemul@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch git-net.patch shmem-factor-out-sbi-free_inodes-manipulations.patch shmem-factor-out-sbi-free_inodes-manipulations-fix.patch memory-controller-add-documentation.patch memory-controller-resource-counters-v7.patch memory-controller-containers-setup-v7.patch memory-controller-accounting-setup-v7.patch memory-controller-memory-accounting-v7.patch memory-controller-task-migration-v7.patch memory-controller-add-per-container-lru-and-reclaim-v7.patch memory-controller-improve-user-interface.patch memory-controller-oom-handling-v7.patch memory-controller-add-switch-to-control-what-type-of-pages-to-limit-v7.patch 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reiser4.patch use-find_task_by_vpid-in-posix-timers.patch use-find_task_by_vpid-in-audit-code.patch use-find_task_by_vpid-in-taskstats.patch dont-operate-with-pid_t-in-rtmutex-tester.patch handle-pid-namespaces-in-cgroups-code.patch gfs2-make-gfs2_glockgl_owner_pid-be-a-struct-pid.patch gfs2-make-gfs2_holdergh_owner_pid-be-a-struct-pid.patch frv-use-find_task_by_vpid-in-cxn_pin_by_pid.patch ia64-make-pfm_get_task-work-with-virtual-pids.patch ia64-fix-ptrace-inside-a-namespace.patch mips-use-find_task_by_vpid-in-system-calls.patch deprecate-find_task_by_pid.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