[PATCH 09/12] pid: modify task_pid_nr to work without task->pid.

Richard Guy Briggs rgb at redhat.com
Tue Aug 20 21:32:01 UTC 2013


task->pid is an error prone construct and results in duplicate maintenance.
Start it's demise by modifying task_pid_nr to not use it.

(informed by ebiederman's 3a2e8c59)
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
---
 include/linux/sched.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 9651d95..fb09b93 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ pid_t __task_pid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type type,
 
 static inline pid_t task_pid_nr(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	return tsk->pid;
+	return pid_nr(task_pid(tsk));
 }
 
 static inline pid_t task_pid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk,
-- 
1.7.1




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