Re: Walking all task_struct.

["Rajat Jain" <rajat.noida.india@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Is the code
>
> struct task_struct *p;
> int count = 0;
> read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> for_each_process(p) {
>  if (p->my_pointer == some_address) count++;
> }
> read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
>
> can access all "task_struct"s at that moment?

> In other words, is there a moment that
> a valid task_struct with my_pointer == some_address
> exists but not linked in the tasklist?

No.

Thanks,

Rajat

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