pids: introduce find_get_task_by_vpid() helper
There are several functions that do find_task_by_vpid() followed by
get_task_struct(). We can use a helper function instead.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1509602027-11337-1-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 166144c..ce5a273 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1489,6 +1489,11 @@ static inline struct thread_info *task_thread_info(struct task_struct *task)
extern struct task_struct *find_task_by_vpid(pid_t nr);
extern struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, struct pid_namespace *ns);
+/*
+ * find a task by its virtual pid and get the task struct
+ */
+extern struct task_struct *find_get_task_by_vpid(pid_t nr);
+
extern int wake_up_state(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int state);
extern int wake_up_process(struct task_struct *tsk);
extern void wake_up_new_task(struct task_struct *tsk);