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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] ftrace: use struct pid
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    On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 04:42 -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
    >
    > > +static void clear_ftrace_pid_task(struct pid **pid)
    > > +{
    > > + struct task_struct *p;
    > > +
    > rcu_read_lock();
    >
    > > + do_each_pid_task(*pid, PIDTYPE_PID, p) {
    > > + clear_tsk_trace_trace(p);
    > > + } while_each_pid_task(*pid, PIDTYPE_PID, p);
    > rcu_read_unlock()
    >
    > > + put_pid(*pid);
    > > +
    > > + *pid = NULL;
    > > +}

    Could we get away with sticking the rcu_read_{un}lock() inside those
    macros? Those are going to get used in pretty high level code and we're
    allowed to nest rcu_read_lock(). No danger of deadlocks or lock
    inversions.

    -- Dave



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