The patch titled put_pid: make sure we don't free the live pid has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.patch This patch was dropped because it was withdrawn The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: put_pid: make sure we don't free the live pid From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Add the temporary (for -mm only) debugging code to catch the unbalanced put_pid()'s. At least those which can free the "live" pid. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/pid.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN kernel/pid.c~put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid kernel/pid.c --- a/kernel/pid.c~put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid +++ a/kernel/pid.c @@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ void put_pid(struct pid *pid) ns = pid->numbers[pid->level].ns; if ((atomic_read(&pid->count) == 1) || atomic_dec_and_test(&pid->count)) { + int type = PIDTYPE_MAX; + while (--type >= 0) + if (WARN_ON(!hlist_empty(&pid->tasks[type]))) + return; kmem_cache_free(ns->pid_cachep, pid); put_pid_ns(ns); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are signals-fix-sigqueue_free-vs-__exit_signal-race.patch uml-activate_mm-remove-the-dead-pf_borrowed_mm-check.patch posix-timers-timer_delete-remove-the-bogus-it_process-=-null-check.patch posix-timers-release_posix_timer-kill-the-bogus-put_task_struct-it_process.patch signals-sigqueue_free-dont-free-sigqueue-if-it-is-queued.patch signals-introduce-sigqueue_cancelled.patch posix-timers-use-sigqueue_cancelled-when-the-timer-is-destroyed.patch signals-collect_signal-remove-the-unneeded-sigismember-check.patch signals-collect_signal-simplify-the-still_pending-logic.patch put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-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