Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2011-12-21

Re: [PATCH 2/5] cgroup: remove redundant get/put of task struct

From: Tejun Heo <hidden>
Date: 2011-12-20 23:23:36
Also in: lkml

Hello,

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 03:14:30PM -0800, Mandeep Singh Baines wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
@@ -2287,14 +2280,12 @@ static int attach_task_by_pid(struct cgroup *cgrp, u64 pid, bool threadgroup)
 			cgroup_unlock();
 			return -EACCES;
 		}
-		get_task_struct(tsk);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
This is before threadgroup is locked.  What guarantees @tsk doesn't go
away once rcu is unlocked?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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