1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index a28840b11b89..bb63fa1d34a2 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ static struct fs_struct *get_fs_struct(struct task_struct *task)
 
 static int get_nr_threads(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-        /* Must be called with the rcu_read_lock held */
         unsigned long flags;
         int count = 0;
 
@@ -471,14 +470,10 @@ static int proc_pid_limits(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer)
 
         struct rlimit rlim[RLIM_NLIMITS];
 
-        rcu_read_lock();
-        if (!lock_task_sighand(task,&flags)) {
-                rcu_read_unlock();
+        if (!lock_task_sighand(task, &flags))
                 return 0;
-        }
         memcpy(rlim, task->signal->rlim, sizeof(struct rlimit) * RLIM_NLIMITS);
         unlock_task_sighand(task, &flags);
-        rcu_read_unlock();
 
         /*
          * print the file header
@@ -3088,9 +3083,7 @@ static int proc_task_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct
         generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
 
         if (p) {
-                rcu_read_lock();
                 stat->nlink += get_nr_threads(p);
-                rcu_read_unlock();
                 put_task_struct(p);
         }