The patch titled
procfs: fix /proc/<pid>/stat stack pointer for kernel threads
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procfs-fix-proc-pid-stat-stack-pointer-for-kernel-threads.patch
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Subject: procfs: fix /proc/<pid>/stat stack pointer for kernel threads
From: Stefani Seibold <stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fix a small issue for the stack pointer in /proc/<pid>/stat. In case of a
kernel thread the value of the printed stack pointer should be 0.
Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/array.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/proc/array.c~procfs-fix-proc-pid-stat-stack-pointer-for-kernel-threads fs/proc/array.c
--- a/fs/proc/array.c~procfs-fix-proc-pid-stat-stack-pointer-for-kernel-threads
+++ a/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file
rsslim,
mm ? mm->start_code : 0,
mm ? mm->end_code : 0,
- (permitted) ? task->stack_start : 0,
+ (permitted && mm) ? task->stack_start : 0,
esp,
eip,
/* The signal information here is obsolete.
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx are
procfs-fix-proc-pid-stat-stack-pointer-for-kernel-threads.patch
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