[PATCH] cpuset: remove unnecessary NULL check
Remove a no longer needed test for NULL cpuset pointer, with a little
comment explaining why the test isn't needed.
Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 38f18b3..bc41311 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@
* because tsk is already marked PF_EXITING, so attach_task() won't
* mess with it, or task is a failed fork, never visible to attach_task.
*
- * Hack:
+ * the_top_cpuset_hack:
*
* Set the exiting tasks cpuset to the root cpuset (top_cpuset).
*
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@
struct cpuset *cs;
cs = tsk->cpuset;
- tsk->cpuset = &top_cpuset; /* Hack - see comment above */
+ tsk->cpuset = &top_cpuset; /* the_top_cpuset_hack - see above */
if (notify_on_release(cs)) {
char *pathbuf = NULL;
@@ -2373,12 +2373,12 @@
* - No need to task_lock(tsk) on this tsk->cpuset reference, as it
* doesn't really matter if tsk->cpuset changes after we read it,
* and we take manage_mutex, keeping attach_task() from changing it
- * anyway.
+ * anyway. No need to check that tsk->cpuset != NULL, thanks to
+ * the_top_cpuset_hack in cpuset_exit(), which sets an exiting tasks
+ * cpuset to top_cpuset.
*/
-
static int proc_cpuset_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
{
- struct cpuset *cs;
struct task_struct *tsk;
char *buf;
int retval = 0;
@@ -2389,13 +2389,7 @@
tsk = m->private;
mutex_lock(&manage_mutex);
- cs = tsk->cpuset;
- if (!cs) {
- retval = -EINVAL;
- goto out;
- }
-
- retval = cpuset_path(cs, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+ retval = cpuset_path(tsk->cpuset, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
if (retval < 0)
goto out;
seq_puts(m, buf);
