The commit 84427eaef1fb91704c7112bdb598c810003b99f3 (remove task_ppid_nr_ns) moves the task_tgid_nr_ns(task->real_parent) outside of lock_task_sighand(). This is wrong, ->real_parent could be freed/reused.
Both ->parent/real_parent point to nothnig after __exit_signal() because we remove the child from ->children list, and thus the child can't be reparented when its parent exits. rcu_read_lock() protects ->parent/real_parent, but _only_ if we know it was valid before we take rcu lock. Revert this part of the patch. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- t/fs/proc/array.c~ppid_fix 2008-01-14 23:45:35.000000000 +0300 +++ t/fs/proc/array.c 2008-01-14 23:59:27.000000000 +0300 @@ -426,7 +426,6 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct task_stru cgtime = gtime = cputime_zero; rcu_read_lock(); - ppid = task_tgid_nr_ns(task->real_parent, ns); if (lock_task_sighand(task, &flags)) { struct signal_struct *sig = task->signal; @@ -465,6 +464,7 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct task_stru } sid = task_session_nr_ns(task, ns); + ppid = task_tgid_nr_ns(task->real_parent, ns); pgid = task_pgrp_nr_ns(task, ns); unlock_task_sighand(task, &flags); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/