From: Pavel Emelyanov The sync_master_pid and sync_backup_pid are set in set_sync_pid() and are used later for set/not-set checks and in printk. So it is safe to use the global pid value in this case. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov Acked-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c~use-task_pid_nr-in-ip_vs_syncc net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c --- a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c~use-task_pid_nr-in-ip_vs_syncc +++ a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static int sync_thread(void *startup) add_wait_queue(&sync_wait, &wait); - set_sync_pid(state, current->pid); + set_sync_pid(state, task_pid_nr(current)); complete(tinfo->startup); /* _