linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] pid: Remove pidhash

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Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:28:54 -0400
From:   Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
To:     Gargi Sharma <gs051095@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     julia.lawall@...6.fr, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        pasha.tatashin@...cle.com, ktkhai@...tuozzo.com, oleg@...hat.com,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, hch@...radead.org, lkp@...el.com,
        tony.luck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] pid: Remove pidhash

On Wed, 2017-10-11 at 18:19 -0400, Gargi Sharma wrote:
> pidhash is no longer required as all the information
> can be looked up from idr tree. nr_hashed represented
> the number of pids that had been hashed. Since, nr_hashed and
> PIDNS_HASH_ADDING are no longer relevant, it has been renamed
> to pid_allocated and PIDNS_ADDING respectively.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gargi Sharma <gs051095@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/ia64/kernel/asm-offsets.c |  4 ++--
>  include/linux/init_task.h      |  1 -
>  include/linux/pid.h            |  2 --
>  include/linux/pid_namespace.h  |  4 ++--
>  init/main.c                    |  1 -
>  kernel/fork.c                  |  2 +-
>  kernel/pid.c                   | 48 +++++++++-----------------------
> ----------
>  kernel/pid_namespace.c         |  6 +++---
>  8 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

Fingers crossed for IA64. It all looks good, though.

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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