This reverts commit f11cc0760b8397e0d230122606421b6a96e9f869.
We do need this function for try_get_task_struct_on_cpu().
Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetc...@mellanox.com>
---
include/linux/sched/task.h | 2 ++
kernel/exit.c | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index 79a2a744648d..270ff76d43d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ static inline void put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
}
struct task_struct *task_rcu_dereference(struct task_struct **ptask);
+struct task_struct *try_get_task_struct(struct task_struct **ptask);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
extern int arch_task_struct_size __read_mostly;
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f2cd53e92147..e2a3e7458d0f 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -318,6 +318,19 @@ void rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwait *w)
rcu_read_unlock();
}
+struct task_struct *try_get_task_struct(struct task_struct **ptask)
+{
+ struct task_struct *task;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ task = task_rcu_dereference(ptask);
+ if (task)
+ get_task_struct(task);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return task;
+}
+
/*
* Determine if a process group is "orphaned", according to the POSIX
* definition in 2.2.2.52. Orphaned process groups are not to be affected
--
2.1.2
