linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] statically initialize struct pid for swapper

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Message-ID: <20070313044212.GA8884@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:42:12 -0700
From:	sukadev@...ibm.com
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>,
	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] statically initialize struct pid for swapper



From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] statically initialize struct pid for swapper

Statically initialize a struct pid for the swapper process (pid_t == 0) and
attach it to init_task.  This is needed so task_pid(), task_pgrp() and
task_session() interfaces work on the swapper process also.

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ibm.com>
Cc: Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>
Cc: <containers@...ts.osdl.org>
Acked-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---

 include/linux/init_task.h |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/pid.h       |    2 ++
 kernel/pid.c              |    2 ++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

Index: lx26-20-mm2c/include/linux/init_task.h
===================================================================
--- lx26-20-mm2c.orig/include/linux/init_task.h	2007-02-28 15:47:44.000000000 -0800
+++ lx26-20-mm2c/include/linux/init_task.h	2007-02-28 15:48:07.000000000 -0800
@@ -96,6 +96,28 @@ extern struct group_info init_groups;
 #define INIT_PREEMPT_RCU
 #endif
 
+#define INIT_STRUCT_PID {						\
+	.count 		= ATOMIC_INIT(1),				\
+	.nr		= 0, 						\
+	/* Don't put this struct pid in pid_hash */			\
+	.pid_chain	= { .next = NULL, .pprev = NULL },		\
+	.tasks		= {						\
+		{ .first = &init_task.pids[PIDTYPE_PID].node },		\
+		{ .first = &init_task.pids[PIDTYPE_PGID].node },	\
+		{ .first = &init_task.pids[PIDTYPE_SID].node },		\
+	},								\
+	.rcu		= RCU_HEAD_INIT,				\
+}
+
+#define INIT_PID_LINK(type) 					\
+{								\
+	.node = {						\
+		.next = NULL,					\
+		.pprev = &init_struct_pid.tasks[type].first,	\
+	},							\
+	.pid = &init_struct_pid,				\
+}
+
 /*
  *  INIT_TASK is used to set up the first task table, touch at
  * your own risk!. Base=0, limit=0x1fffff (=2MB)
@@ -145,6 +167,11 @@ extern struct group_info init_groups;
 	.cpu_timers	= INIT_CPU_TIMERS(tsk.cpu_timers),		\
 	.fs_excl	= ATOMIC_INIT(0),				\
 	.pi_lock	= SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED,				\
+	.pids = {							\
+		[PIDTYPE_PID]  = INIT_PID_LINK(PIDTYPE_PID),		\
+		[PIDTYPE_PGID] = INIT_PID_LINK(PIDTYPE_PGID),		\
+		[PIDTYPE_SID]  = INIT_PID_LINK(PIDTYPE_SID),		\
+	},								\
 	INIT_TRACE_IRQFLAGS						\
 	INIT_LOCKDEP							\
 }
Index: lx26-20-mm2c/include/linux/pid.h
===================================================================
--- lx26-20-mm2c.orig/include/linux/pid.h	2007-02-28 15:48:07.000000000 -0800
+++ lx26-20-mm2c/include/linux/pid.h	2007-02-28 15:48:07.000000000 -0800
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ struct pid
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
+extern struct pid init_struct_pid;
+
 struct pid_link
 {
 	struct hlist_node node;
Index: lx26-20-mm2c/kernel/pid.c
===================================================================
--- lx26-20-mm2c.orig/kernel/pid.c	2007-02-28 15:48:07.000000000 -0800
+++ lx26-20-mm2c/kernel/pid.c	2007-02-28 15:48:07.000000000 -0800
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/init_task.h>
 
 #define pid_hashfn(nr) hash_long((unsigned long)nr, pidhash_shift)
 static struct hlist_head *pid_hash;
 static int pidhash_shift;
 static struct kmem_cache *pid_cachep;
+struct pid init_struct_pid = INIT_STRUCT_PID;
 
 int pid_max = PID_MAX_DEFAULT;
 
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