linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] remove the no longer needed pid_alive() check in __task_pid_nr

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Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:50:28 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
To:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Christof Meerwald <cmeerw@...erw.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove the no longer needed pid_alive() check in
 __task_pid_nr_ns()

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 12:19:04PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Starting from 2c4704756cab ("pids: Move the pgrp and session pid pointers
> from task_struct to signal_struct") __task_pid_nr_ns() doesn't dereference
> task->group_leader, we can remove the pid_alive() check.
> 
> pid_nr_ns() has to check pid != NULL anyway, pid_alive() just adds the
> unnecessary confusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>