pids: introduce find_get_task_by_vpid() helper
There are several functions that do find_task_by_vpid() followed by
get_task_struct(). We can use a helper function instead.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1509602027-11337-1-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 4559e91..4e62a4a 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -194,11 +194,7 @@ static int fill_stats_for_pid(pid_t pid, struct taskstats *stats)
{
struct task_struct *tsk;
- rcu_read_lock();
- tsk = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
- if (tsk)
- get_task_struct(tsk);
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ tsk = find_get_task_by_vpid(pid);
if (!tsk)
return -ESRCH;
fill_stats(current_user_ns(), task_active_pid_ns(current), tsk, stats);
