[PATCH] pids: sys_getpgid: use rcu_read_lock() instead of tasklist_lock

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Sun Mar 23 2008 - 13:46:55 EST


Convert sys_getpgid() to use rcu_read_lock() instead of tasklist_lock, make
sure we also check the result of task_pgrp_vnr().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

--- 25/kernel/sys.c~2_GETPGID 2008-03-23 19:25:36.000000000 +0300
+++ 25/kernel/sys.c 2008-03-23 20:39:03.000000000 +0300
@@ -988,19 +988,19 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getpgid(pid_t pid)
if (!pid)
return task_pgrp_vnr(current);
else {
- int retval;
+ int retval = 0;
struct task_struct *p;

- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
- retval = -ESRCH;
if (p) {
retval = security_task_getpgid(p);
if (!retval)
retval = task_pgrp_vnr(p);
}
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
- return retval;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return retval ?: -ESRCH;
}
}


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