From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Kirill Korotaev <kksx@mail.ru>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] obscure pid implementation fix (v2)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:38:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040901153822.GB5492@holomorphy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040901153624.GA5492@holomorphy.com>
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:46:07PM +0400, Kirill Korotaev wrote:
>> I remade the previous patch against the latest Linus tree, please apply.
>> This patch fixes strange and obscure pid implementation in current kernels:
>> - it removes calling of put_task_struct() from detach_pid()
>> under tasklist_lock. This allows to use blocking calls
>> in security_task_free() hooks (in __put_task_struct()).
>> - it saves some space = 5*5 ints = 100 bytes in task_struct
>> - it's smaller and tidy, more straigthforward and doesn't use
>> any knowledge about pids using and assignment.
>> - it removes pid_links and pid_struct doesn't hold reference counters
>> on task_struct. instead, new pid_structs and linked altogether and
>> only one of them is inserted in hash_list.
>> Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev (kksx@mail.ru)
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:36:24AM -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
> Could you not rename struct pid and not rename for_each_task_pid()?
And not rename ->hash_chain.
Thanks.
-- wli
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-01 15:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-01 11:46 [PATCH] obscure pid implementation fix (v2) Kirill Korotaev
2004-09-01 15:36 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-01 15:38 ` William Lee Irwin III [this message]
2004-09-01 16:58 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-01 17:27 ` [1/7] make do_each_task_pid()/while_each_task_pid() typecheck William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-01 17:28 ` [2/7] make do_each_task_pid()/while_each_task_pid() require a semicolon following them William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-01 17:30 ` [3/7] make do_each_task_pid()/while_each_task_pid() parenthesize their arguments William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-01 17:32 ` [4/7] fix loop termination condition in do_each_task_pid()/while_each_task_pid() William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-01 17:33 ` [5/7] back out renaming of struct pid William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-01 17:35 ` [6/7] back out renaming of ->pid_chain William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-01 17:37 ` [7/7] remove casting of __detach_pid() results to void William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-01 17:48 ` [1/7] make do_each_task_pid()/while_each_task_pid() typecheck Linus Torvalds
2004-09-01 17:59 ` [1/1] rework of Kirill Korotaev's pidhashing patch William Lee Irwin III
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2004-09-01 11:43 [PATCH] obscure pid implementation fix (v2) Kirill Korotaev
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