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

[Eric W. Biederman]

Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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?

I plan to.  Probably on a topic branch for signals.  I am sorting
that out now.

Eric