From: Pavel Emelyanov The check if (task_pgrp_nr(p) != pgid) is almost always true, because pgid is a "virtual" pid and it is most often much smaller than the "real" pgrp id of any task (because pids are generated sequentially most of the time). This leads to the task's pgrp is always reset, even if it is not needed. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/sys.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/sys.c~pid-namespaces-changes-to-show-virtual-ids-to-user-fix-the-sys_setpgrp-to-work-between-namespaces kernel/sys.c --- a/kernel/sys.c~pid-namespaces-changes-to-show-virtual-ids-to-user-fix-the-sys_setpgrp-to-work-between-namespaces +++ a/kernel/sys.c @@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setpgid(pid_t pid, p struct task_struct *p; struct task_struct *group_leader = current->group_leader; int err = -EINVAL; + struct pid_namespace *ns; if (!pid) pid = task_pid_vnr(group_leader); @@ -928,10 +929,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setpgid(pid_t pid, p /* From this point forward we keep holding onto the tasklist lock * so that our parent does not change from under us. -DaveM */ + ns = current->nsproxy->pid_ns; + write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); err = -ESRCH; - p = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, current->nsproxy->pid_ns); + p = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, ns); if (!p) goto out; @@ -957,10 +960,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setpgid(pid_t pid, p goto out; if (pgid != pid) { - struct task_struct *g = - find_task_by_pid_type_ns(PIDTYPE_PGID, pgid, - current->nsproxy->pid_ns); + struct task_struct *g; + g = find_task_by_pid_type_ns(PIDTYPE_PGID, pgid, ns); if (!g || task_session(g) != task_session(group_leader)) goto out; } @@ -969,7 +971,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setpgid(pid_t pid, p if (err) goto out; - if (task_pgrp_nr(p) != pgid) { + if (task_pgrp_nr_ns(p, ns) != pgid) { struct pid *pid; detach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PGID); _