netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] procfs: split proc_pid

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:22:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	p.wilczek@...sung.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kyungmin.park@...sung.com,
	juho80.son@...sung.com, b.zolnierkie@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] procfs: split proc_pid_status function

From: Piotr Wilczek <p.wilczek@...sung.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:24:37 +0200

> +int proc_pid_status_mm(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
> +		       struct pid *pid, struct task_struct *task,
> +		       struct mm_struct *mm)
>  {
> -	struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(task);
> -
>  	task_name(m, task);
>  	task_state(m, ns, pid, task);
>  
> -	if (mm) {
> +	if (mm)
>  		task_mem(m, mm);
> -		mmput(mm);

Neither proc_pid_status() nor the invocations in your second patch ever
invoke this function with a NULL mm, therefore you should never try to
explicitly handle the case.
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