linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] exit: proc: don't try to flush /proc/tgid/task/tgid

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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2014 02:38:25 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Sterling Alexander <stalexan@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] exit: proc: don't try to flush /proc/tgid/task/tgid

proc_flush_task_mnt() always tries to flush task/pid, but this is
pointless if we reap the leader. d_invalidate() is recursive, and
if nothing else the next d_hash_and_lookup(tgid) should fail anyway.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 fs/proc/base.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 772efa4..e7b04a3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2618,6 +2618,9 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
 
+	if (pid == tgid)
+		return;
+
 	name.name = buf;
 	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", tgid);
 	leader = d_hash_and_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, &name);
-- 
1.5.5.1

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