[PATCH 1/4] de_thread: use change_pid() rather thandetach_pid/attach_pid
From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Sun Jun 09 2013 - 13:04:32 EST
de_thread() can use change_pid() instead of detach + attach.
This looks better and this ensures that, say, next_thread()
can never see a task with ->pid == NULL.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exec.c | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 6430195..00eaba7 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -945,9 +945,8 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
* Note: The old leader also uses this pid until release_task
* is called. Odd but simple and correct.
*/
- detach_pid(tsk, PIDTYPE_PID);
tsk->pid = leader->pid;
- attach_pid(tsk, PIDTYPE_PID, task_pid(leader));
+ change_pid(tsk, PIDTYPE_PID, task_pid(leader));
transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_PGID);
transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_SID);
--
1.5.5.1
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