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Re: [PATCH -mm 1/2] rename is_single_threaded(task) to is_current_single_threaded(void)

by James Morris-2 :: Rate this Message:

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> (on top of rework-fix-is_single_threaded.patch)
>
> - is_single_threaded(task) is not safe unless task == current,
> we can't use task->signal or task->mm.
>
> - it doesn't make sense unless task == current, the task can
> fork right after the check.
>
> Rename it to is_current_single_threaded() and kill the argument.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...>

Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@...>

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