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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index b47c94e7560..722dd313bf8 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1489,6 +1489,11 @@ static inline struct pid *task_tgid(struct task_struct *task)
return task->group_leader->pids[PIDTYPE_PID].pid;
}
+/*
+ * Without tasklist or rcu lock it is not safe to dereference
+ * the result of task_pgrp/task_session even if task == current,
+ * we can race with another thread doing sys_setsid/sys_setpgid.
+ */
static inline struct pid *task_pgrp(struct task_struct *task)
{
return task->group_leader->pids[PIDTYPE_PGID].pid;