linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] proc: bye bye tasklist

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Message-ID: <20060911182956.GA246@oleg>
Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:29:56 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] proc: bye bye tasklist_lock

On 09/11, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Oleg,
> 
> On Sunday 10 September 2006 00:18, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > fs/proc/ does not use tasklist_lock anymore.
> >
> > These patches are simple enough and do not depend on each other.
> > The only problem I don't know how to really test them.
> 
> Just to make sure I understand what it is all about: Is there a relation 
> between this patchset and the recent patch from Eric fixing the 
> readdir(/proc) race?

No, they are not related. This series doesn't fix bugs, just
removes tasklist_lock from fs/proc/ entirely.

Oleg.

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