[PATCH] kthread: Don't looking for a task in create_kthread()

From: Vitaliy Gusev
Date: Mon Jan 19 2009 - 12:36:20 EST


Let a process fill result, as 'current' is the same
in all pid namespaces.

Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Gusev <vgusev@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
kernel/kthread.c | 4 +---
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 4fbc456..fd765f9 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)

/* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ create->result = current;
complete(&create->started);
schedule();

@@ -101,9 +102,6 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
} else {
struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
wait_for_completion(&create->started);
- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
- create->result = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, &init_pid_ns);
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
/*
* root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
* The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
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