[PATCH v4 2/5] exit: hoist get_pid() in release_task() outside of tasklist_lock

Mateusz Guzik
2025-02-05T19:33:00Z

reduces hold time as get_pid() contains an atomic

Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
---
kernel/exit.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index c79b41509cd3..b5c0cbc6bdfb 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -248,9 +248,10 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct *p)

cgroup_release(p);

+ thread_pid = get_pid(p->thread_pid);
+
write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
ptrace_release_task(p);
- thread_pid = get_pid(p->thread_pid);
__exit_signal(p);

/*
--
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