Listing /proc/PID/task were PID is not a TGID should not result in duplicated entries. [g ~]$ pidof thunderbird-bin 2751 [g ~]$ ls /proc/2751/task 2751 2770 2771 2824 2826 2834 2835 2851 2853 [g ~]$ ls /proc/2770/task 2751 2770 2771 2824 2826 2834 2835 2851 2853 2770 2771 2824 2826 2834 2835 2851 2853 [g ~]$ Signed-off-by: Guillaume Chazarain --- fs/proc/base.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -r f99a8b402753 fs/proc/base.c --- a/fs/proc/base.c Wed Jan 31 05:00:31 2007 +0000 +++ b/fs/proc/base.c Thu Feb 01 00:25:33 2007 +0100 @@ -2328,13 +2328,23 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file { struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry; struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; - struct task_struct *leader = get_proc_task(inode); + struct task_struct *leader = NULL; struct task_struct *task; int retval = -ENOENT; ino_t ino; int tid; unsigned long pos = filp->f_pos; /* avoiding "long long" filp->f_pos */ + task = get_proc_task(inode); + if (!task) + goto out_no_task; + rcu_read_lock(); + if (pid_alive(task)) { + leader = task->group_leader; + get_task_struct(leader); + } + rcu_read_unlock(); + put_task_struct(task); if (!leader) goto out_no_task; retval = 0;