From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Statically initialize a struct pid for the swapper process (pid_t == 0) and attach it to init_task. This is needed so task_pid(), task_pgrp() and task_session() interfaces work on the swapper process also. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Cc: Cedric Le Goater Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: Serge Hallyn Cc: Eric Biederman Cc: Herbert Poetzl Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/linux/init_task.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/pid.h | 2 ++ kernel/pid.c | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+) diff -puN include/linux/init_task.h~statically-initialize-struct-pid-for-swapper include/linux/init_task.h --- a/include/linux/init_task.h~statically-initialize-struct-pid-for-swapper +++ a/include/linux/init_task.h @@ -90,6 +90,28 @@ extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy; extern struct group_info init_groups; +#define INIT_STRUCT_PID { \ + .count = ATOMIC_INIT(1), \ + .nr = 0, \ + /* Don't put this struct pid in pid_hash */ \ + .pid_chain = { .next = NULL, .pprev = NULL }, \ + .tasks = { \ + { .first = &init_task.pids[PIDTYPE_PID].node }, \ + { .first = &init_task.pids[PIDTYPE_PGID].node }, \ + { .first = &init_task.pids[PIDTYPE_SID].node }, \ + }, \ + .rcu = RCU_HEAD_INIT, \ +} + +#define INIT_PID_LINK(type) \ +{ \ + .node = { \ + .next = NULL, \ + .pprev = &init_struct_pid.tasks[type].first, \ + }, \ + .pid = &init_struct_pid, \ +} + /* * INIT_TASK is used to set up the first task table, touch at * your own risk!. Base=0, limit=0x1fffff (=2MB) @@ -141,6 +163,11 @@ extern struct group_info init_groups; .cpu_timers = INIT_CPU_TIMERS(tsk.cpu_timers), \ .fs_excl = ATOMIC_INIT(0), \ .pi_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED, \ + .pids = { \ + [PIDTYPE_PID] = INIT_PID_LINK(PIDTYPE_PID), \ + [PIDTYPE_PGID] = INIT_PID_LINK(PIDTYPE_PGID), \ + [PIDTYPE_SID] = INIT_PID_LINK(PIDTYPE_SID), \ + }, \ INIT_TRACE_IRQFLAGS \ INIT_LOCKDEP \ } diff -puN include/linux/pid.h~statically-initialize-struct-pid-for-swapper include/linux/pid.h --- a/include/linux/pid.h~statically-initialize-struct-pid-for-swapper +++ a/include/linux/pid.h @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ struct pid struct rcu_head rcu; }; +extern struct pid init_struct_pid; + struct pid_link { struct hlist_node node; diff -puN kernel/pid.c~statically-initialize-struct-pid-for-swapper kernel/pid.c --- a/kernel/pid.c~statically-initialize-struct-pid-for-swapper +++ a/kernel/pid.c @@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ #include #include #include +#include #define pid_hashfn(nr) hash_long((unsigned long)nr, pidhash_shift) static struct hlist_head *pid_hash; static int pidhash_shift; static struct kmem_cache *pid_cachep; +struct pid init_struct_pid = INIT_STRUCT_PID; int pid_max = PID_MAX_DEFAULT; _