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

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 04/21, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > 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>
> Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, can you take this patch?

Oleg.