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Mikael Pettersson wrote: > Nick Piggin writes:> > David Howells wrote:> > >>- put_task_struct(tsk);> > >>+ task_unlock(tsk);> > > > > > > > > Ummm... that doesn't look right.> > > > > > > > >>- get_task_struct(tsk);> > > > > > > > > This is necessary to stop someone deallocating the task structure, can the > > > task structure be deallocated whilst locked?> > > > > > > Ooh maybe it can. Should that be a read_lock of the tasklist lock then?> > For 2.4 kernels, use get_task_struct() and free_task_struct() [not put] > for locking and unlocking a task.> Sorry I'm an idiot. I'm sure Marcelo has already fixed it. Just simply replace put_task_struct with free_task_struct. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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