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Subject: pids-document-task_pgrp-task_session-is-not-safe-without-tasklist-rcu-fix
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/sched.h~pids-document-task_pgrp-task_session-is-not-safe-without-tasklist-rcu-fix include/linux/sched.h
--- a/include/linux/sched.h~pids-document-task_pgrp-task_session-is-not-safe-without-tasklist-rcu-fix
+++ a/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1453,9 +1453,7 @@ static inline struct pid *task_tgid(stru
* Without tasklist or rcu lock it is not safe to dereference
* the result of task_pgrp/task_session even if task == current,
* we can race with another thread doing sys_setsid/sys_setpgid.
- *
*/
-
static inline struct pid *task_pgrp(struct task_struct *task)
{
return task->group_leader->pids[PIDTYPE_PGID].pid;
_
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