[PATCH] remove the no longer needed pid_alive() check in __task_pid_nr_ns()

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Tue Apr 21 2020 - 06:19:18 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/pid.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index bc21c0fb26d8..47221db038e2 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -475,8 +475,7 @@ pid_t __task_pid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type type,
rcu_read_lock();
if (!ns)
ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
- if (likely(pid_alive(task)))
- nr = pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns);
+ nr = pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns);
rcu_read_unlock();

return nr;
--
2.25.1.362.g51ebf55