This pid comes from user space, so treat it accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
 arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index 73e7c2e..da1cff0 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -2654,11 +2654,11 @@ pfm_get_task(pfm_context_t *ctx, pid_t pid, struct 
task_struct **task)
        /* XXX: need to add more checks here */
        if (pid < 2) return -EPERM;
 
-       if (pid != current->pid) {
+       if (pid != task_pid_vnr(current)) {
 
                read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 
-               p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
+               p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
 
                /* make sure task cannot go away while we operate on it */
                if (p) get_task_struct(p);
-- 
1.5.3.4

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