linux-kernel - [PATCH] don't use task->pid/tgid in same_thread_group/has_group_leader

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Date:	Wed, 29 May 2013 16:39:38 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Sergey Dyasly <dserrg@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] don't use task->pid/tgid in
	same_thread_group/has_group_leader_pid

task_struct->pid/tgid should go away.

1. Change same_thread_group() to use task->signal for comparison.

2. Change has_group_leader_pid(task) to compare task_pid(task) with
   signal->leader_pid.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/sched.h |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 178a8d9..ce51dfd 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2179,15 +2179,15 @@ static inline bool thread_group_leader(struct task_struct *p)
  * all we care about is that we have a task with the appropriate
  * pid, we don't actually care if we have the right task.
  */
-static inline int has_group_leader_pid(struct task_struct *p)
+static inline bool has_group_leader_pid(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	return p->pid == p->tgid;
+	return task_pid(p) == p->signal->leader_pid;
 }
 
 static inline
-int same_thread_group(struct task_struct *p1, struct task_struct *p2)
+bool same_thread_group(struct task_struct *p1, struct task_struct *p2)
 {
-	return p1->tgid == p2->tgid;
+	return p1->signal == p2->signal;
 }
 
 static inline struct task_struct *next_thread(const struct task_struct *p)
-- 
1.5.5.1


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