[PATCH] smbfs: Make conn_pid a struct pid
smbfs keeps track of the user space server process in conn_pid. This converts
that track to use a struct pid instead of pid_t. This keeps us safe from pid
wrap around issues and prepares the way for the pid namespace.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/smbiod.c b/fs/smbfs/smbiod.c
index e675404..89eaf31 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/smbiod.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/smbiod.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
{
struct list_head *head;
struct smb_request *req;
- pid_t pid = server->conn_pid;
+ struct pid *pid = get_pid(server->conn_pid);
int result = 0;
VERBOSE("state: %d\n", server->state);
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
/*
* Note: use the "priv" flag, as a user process may need to reconnect.
*/
- result = kill_proc(pid, SIGUSR1, 1);
+ result = kill_pid(pid, SIGUSR1, 1);
if (result) {
/* FIXME: this is most likely fatal, umount? */
printk(KERN_ERR "smb_retry: signal failed [%d]\n", result);
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
/* FIXME: The retried requests should perhaps get a "time boost". */
out:
+ put_pid(pid);
return result;
}