4 files changed, 319 insertions, 132 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 20746e124409..489810abc72d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -307,12 +307,15 @@ static struct pid_entry tid_attr_stuff[] = {
 
 static int proc_fd_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry, struct vfsmount **mnt)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
-        struct files_struct *files;
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+        struct files_struct *files = NULL;
         struct file *file;
         int fd = proc_fd(inode);
 
-        files = get_files_struct(task);
+        if (task) {
+                files = get_files_struct(task);
+                put_task_struct(task);
+        }
         if (files) {
                 /*
                  * We are not taking a ref to the file structure, so we must
@@ -344,10 +347,29 @@ static struct fs_struct *get_fs_struct(struct task_struct *task)
         return fs;
 }
 
+static int get_nr_threads(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+        /* Must be called with the rcu_read_lock held */
+        unsigned long flags;
+        int count = 0;
+
+        if (lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags)) {
+                count = atomic_read(&tsk->signal->count);
+                unlock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags);
+        }
+        return count;
+}
+
 static int proc_cwd_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry, struct vfsmount **mnt)
 {
-        struct fs_struct *fs = get_fs_struct(proc_task(inode));
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+        struct fs_struct *fs = NULL;
         int result = -ENOENT;
+
+        if (task) {
+                fs = get_fs_struct(task);
+                put_task_struct(task);
+        }
         if (fs) {
                 read_lock(&fs->lock);
                 *mnt = mntget(fs->pwdmnt);
@@ -361,8 +383,14 @@ static int proc_cwd_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry, struct vfs
 
 static int proc_root_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry, struct vfsmount **mnt)
 {
-        struct fs_struct *fs = get_fs_struct(proc_task(inode));
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+        struct fs_struct *fs = NULL;
         int result = -ENOENT;
+
+        if (task) {
+                fs = get_fs_struct(task);
+                put_task_struct(task);
+        }
         if (fs) {
                 read_lock(&fs->lock);
                 *mnt = mntget(fs->rootmnt);
@@ -550,16 +578,19 @@ struct proc_mounts {
 
 static int mounts_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
-        struct namespace *namespace;
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+        struct namespace *namespace = NULL;
         struct proc_mounts *p;
         int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-        task_lock(task);
-        namespace = task->namespace;
-        if (namespace)
-                get_namespace(namespace);
-        task_unlock(task);
+        if (task) {
+                task_lock(task);
+                namespace = task->namespace;
+                if (namespace)
+                        get_namespace(namespace);
+                task_unlock(task);
+                put_task_struct(task);
+        }
 
         if (namespace) {
                 ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -616,17 +647,21 @@ static struct file_operations proc_mounts_operations = {
 extern struct seq_operations mountstats_op;
 static int mountstats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
         int ret = seq_open(file, &mountstats_op);
 
         if (!ret) {
                 struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
-                struct namespace *namespace;
-                task_lock(task);
-                namespace = task->namespace;
-                if (namespace)
-                        get_namespace(namespace);
-                task_unlock(task);
+                struct namespace *namespace = NULL;
+                struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+
+                if (task) {
+                        task_lock(task);
+                        namespace = task->namespace;
+                        if (namespace)
+                                get_namespace(namespace);
+                        task_unlock(task);
+                        put_task_struct(task);
+                }
 
                 if (namespace)
                         m->private = namespace;
@@ -653,18 +688,27 @@ static ssize_t proc_info_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
         struct inode * inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
         unsigned long page;
         ssize_t length;
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+
+        length = -ESRCH;
+        if (!task)
+                goto out_no_task;
 
         if (count > PROC_BLOCK_SIZE)
                 count = PROC_BLOCK_SIZE;
+
+        length = -ENOMEM;
         if (!(page = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL)))
-                return -ENOMEM;
+                goto out;
 
         length = PROC_I(inode)->op.proc_read(task, (char*)page);
 
         if (length >= 0)
                 length = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, (char *)page, length);
         free_page(page);
+out:
+        put_task_struct(task);
+out_no_task:
         return length;
 }
 
@@ -681,12 +725,15 @@ static int mem_open(struct inode* inode, struct file* file)
 static ssize_t mem_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
                         size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
         char *page;
         unsigned long src = *ppos;
         int ret = -ESRCH;
         struct mm_struct *mm;
 
+        if (!task)
+                goto out_no_task;
+
         if (!MAY_PTRACE(task) || !ptrace_may_attach(task))
                 goto out;
 
@@ -736,6 +783,8 @@ out_put:
 out_free:
         free_page((unsigned long) page);
 out:
+        put_task_struct(task);
+out_no_task:
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -748,15 +797,20 @@ static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char * buf,
 {
         int copied = 0;
         char *page;
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
         unsigned long dst = *ppos;
 
+        copied = -ESRCH;
+        if (!task)
+                goto out_no_task;
+
         if (!MAY_PTRACE(task) || !ptrace_may_attach(task))
-                return -ESRCH;
+                goto out;
 
+        copied = -ENOMEM;
         page = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_USER);
         if (!page)
-                return -ENOMEM;
+                goto out;
 
         while (count > 0) {
                 int this_len, retval;
@@ -779,6 +833,9 @@ static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char * buf,
         }
         *ppos = dst;
         free_page((unsigned long) page);
+out:
+        put_task_struct(task);
+out_no_task:
         return copied;
 }
 #endif
@@ -809,12 +866,17 @@ static struct file_operations proc_mem_operations = {
 static ssize_t oom_adjust_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
                                 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
         char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF];
         size_t len;
-        int oom_adjust = task->oomkilladj;
+        int oom_adjust;
         loff_t __ppos = *ppos;
 
+        if (!task)
+                return -ESRCH;
+        oom_adjust = task->oomkilladj;
+        put_task_struct(task);
+
         len = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%i\n", oom_adjust);
         if (__ppos >= len)
                 return 0;
@@ -829,7 +891,7 @@ static ssize_t oom_adjust_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t oom_adjust_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
                                 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+        struct task_struct *task;
         char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF], *end;
         int oom_adjust;
 
@@ -845,7 +907,11 @@ static ssize_t oom_adjust_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
                 return -EINVAL;
         if (*end == '\n')
                 end++;
+        task = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+        if (!task)
+                return -ESRCH;
         task->oomkilladj = oom_adjust;
+        put_task_struct(task);
         if (end - buffer == 0)
                 return -EIO;
         return end - buffer;
@@ -862,12 +928,15 @@ static ssize_t proc_loginuid_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
                                   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
         struct inode * inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
         ssize_t length;
         char tmpbuf[TMPBUFLEN];
 
+        if (!task)
+                return -ESRCH;
         length = scnprintf(tmpbuf, TMPBUFLEN, "%u",
                                 audit_get_loginuid(task->audit_context));
+        put_task_struct(task);
         return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, tmpbuf, length);
 }
 
@@ -877,13 +946,12 @@ static ssize_t proc_loginuid_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
         struct inode * inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
         char *page, *tmp;
         ssize_t length;
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
         uid_t loginuid;
 
         if (!capable(CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL))
                 return -EPERM;
 
-        if (current != task)
+        if (current != proc_tref(inode)->task)
                 return -EPERM;
 
         if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
@@ -907,7 +975,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_loginuid_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
                 goto out_free_page;
 
         }
-        length = audit_set_loginuid(task, loginuid);
+        length = audit_set_loginuid(current, loginuid);
         if (likely(length == 0))
                 length = count;
 
@@ -926,13 +994,16 @@ static struct file_operations proc_loginuid_operations = {
 static ssize_t seccomp_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
                             size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct task_struct *tsk = proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+        struct task_struct *tsk = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
         char __buf[20];
         loff_t __ppos = *ppos;
         size_t len;
 
+        if (!tsk)
+                return -ESRCH;
         /* no need to print the trailing zero, so use only len */
         len = sprintf(__buf, "%u\n", tsk->seccomp.mode);
+        put_task_struct(tsk);
         if (__ppos >= len)
                 return 0;
         if (count > len - __ppos)
@@ -946,29 +1017,43 @@ static ssize_t seccomp_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t seccomp_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
                              size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct task_struct *tsk = proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+        struct task_struct *tsk = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
         char __buf[20], *end;
         unsigned int seccomp_mode;
+        ssize_t result;
+
+        result = -ESRCH;
+        if (!tsk)
+                goto out_no_task;
 
         /* can set it only once to be even more secure */
+        result = -EPERM;
         if (unlikely(tsk->seccomp.mode))
-                return -EPERM;
+                goto out;
 
+        result = -EFAULT;
         memset(__buf, 0, sizeof(__buf));
         count = min(count, sizeof(__buf) - 1);
         if (copy_from_user(__buf, buf, count))
-                return -EFAULT;
+                goto out;
+
         seccomp_mode = simple_strtoul(__buf, &end, 0);
         if (*end == '\n')
                 end++;
+        result = -EINVAL;
         if (seccomp_mode && seccomp_mode <= NR_SECCOMP_MODES) {
                 tsk->seccomp.mode = seccomp_mode;
                 set_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_SECCOMP);
         } else
-                return -EINVAL;
+                goto out;
+        result = -EIO;
         if (unlikely(!(end - __buf)))
-                return -EIO;
-        return end - __buf;
+                goto out;
+        result = end - __buf;
+out:
+        put_task_struct(tsk);
+out_no_task:
+        return result;
 }
 
 static struct file_operations proc_seccomp_operations = {
@@ -995,7 +1080,7 @@ static int proc_check_dentry_visible(struct inode *inode,
         /* See if the the two tasks share a commone set of
          * file descriptors.  If so everything is visible.
          */
-        task = proc_task(inode);
+        task = get_proc_task(inode);
         if (!task)
                 goto out;
         files = get_files_struct(current);
@@ -1006,6 +1091,7 @@ static int proc_check_dentry_visible(struct inode *inode,
                 put_files_struct(task_files);
         if (files)
                 put_files_struct(files);
+        put_task_struct(task);
         if (!error)
                 goto out;
 
@@ -1106,7 +1192,7 @@ static int proc_readfd(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
         struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-        struct task_struct *p = proc_task(inode);
+        struct task_struct *p = get_proc_task(inode);
         unsigned int fd, tid, ino;
         int retval;
         char buf[PROC_NUMBUF];
@@ -1114,8 +1200,8 @@ static int proc_readfd(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
         struct fdtable *fdt;
 
         retval = -ENOENT;
-        if (!pid_alive(p))
-                goto out;
+        if (!p)
+                goto out_no_task;
         retval = 0;
         tid = p->pid;
 
@@ -1164,6 +1250,8 @@ static int proc_readfd(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
                         put_files_struct(files);
         }
 out:
+        put_task_struct(p);
+out_no_task:
         return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1175,16 +1263,18 @@ static int proc_pident_readdir(struct file *filp,
         int pid;
         struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
         struct pid_entry *p;
         ino_t ino;
         int ret;
 
         ret = -ENOENT;
-        if (!pid_alive(proc_task(inode)))
+        if (!task)
                 goto out;
 
         ret = 0;
-        pid = proc_task(inode)->pid;
+        pid = task->pid;
+        put_task_struct(task);
         i = filp->f_pos;
         switch (i) {
         case 0:
@@ -1270,14 +1360,13 @@ static struct inode *proc_pid_make_inode(struct super_block * sb, struct task_st
         inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
         inode->i_ino = fake_ino(task->pid, ino);
 
-        if (!pid_alive(task))
-                goto out_unlock;
-
         /*
          * grab the reference to task.
          */
-        get_task_struct(task);
-        ei->task = task;
+        ei->tref = tref_get_by_task(task);
+        if (!tref_task(ei->tref))
+                goto out_unlock;
+
         inode->i_uid = 0;
         inode->i_gid = 0;
         if (task_dumpable(task)) {
@@ -1303,13 +1392,21 @@ out_unlock:
  *
  * Rewrite the inode's ownerships here because the owning task may have
  * performed a setuid(), etc.
+ *
+ * Before the /proc/pid/status file was created the only way to read
+ * the effective uid of a /process was to stat /proc/pid.  Reading
+ * /proc/pid/status is slow enough that procps and other packages
+ * kept stating /proc/pid.  To keep the rules in /proc simple I have
+ * made this apply to all per process world readable and executable
+ * directories.
  */
 static int pid_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
-        if (pid_alive(task)) {
-                if (task_dumpable(task)) {
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+        if (task) {
+                if ((inode->i_mode == (S_IFDIR|S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO)) ||
+                    task_dumpable(task)) {
                         inode->i_uid = task->euid;
                         inode->i_gid = task->egid;
                 } else {
@@ -1317,37 +1414,63 @@ static int pid_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
                         inode->i_gid = 0;
                 }
                 security_task_to_inode(task, inode);
+                put_task_struct(task);
                 return 1;
         }
         d_drop(dentry);
         return 0;
 }
 
+static int pid_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
+{
+        struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+        struct task_struct *task;
+        generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
+
+        rcu_read_lock();
+        stat->uid = 0;
+        stat->gid = 0;
+        task = pid_task(proc_pid(inode), PIDTYPE_PID);
+        if (task) {
+                if ((inode->i_mode == (S_IFDIR|S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO)) ||
+                    task_dumpable(task)) {
+                        stat->uid = task->euid;
+                        stat->gid = task->egid;
+                }
+        }
+        rcu_read_unlock();
+        return 0;
+}
+
 static int tid_fd_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
         int fd = proc_fd(inode);
         struct files_struct *files;
 
-        files = get_files_struct(task);
-        if (files) {
-                rcu_read_lock();
-                if (fcheck_files(files, fd)) {
+        if (task) {
+                files = get_files_struct(task);
+                if (files) {
+                        rcu_read_lock();
+                        if (fcheck_files(files, fd)) {
+                                rcu_read_unlock();
+                                put_files_struct(files);
+                                if (task_dumpable(task)) {
+                                        inode->i_uid = task->euid;
+                                        inode->i_gid = task->egid;
+                                } else {
+                                        inode->i_uid = 0;
+                                        inode->i_gid = 0;
+                                }
+                                security_task_to_inode(task, inode);
+                                put_task_struct(task);
+                                return 1;
+                        }
                         rcu_read_unlock();
                         put_files_struct(files);
-                        if (task_dumpable(task)) {
-                                inode->i_uid = task->euid;
-                                inode->i_gid = task->egid;
-                        } else {
-                                inode->i_uid = 0;
-                                inode->i_gid = 0;
-                        }
-                        security_task_to_inode(task, inode);
-                        return 1;
                 }
-                rcu_read_unlock();
-                put_files_struct(files);
+                put_task_struct(task);
         }
         d_drop(dentry);
         return 0;
@@ -1359,7 +1482,7 @@ static int pid_delete_dentry(struct dentry * dentry)
          * If so, then don't put the dentry on the lru list,
          * kill it immediately.
          */
-        return !pid_alive(proc_task(dentry->d_inode));
+        return !proc_tref(dentry->d_inode)->task;
 }
 
 static struct dentry_operations tid_fd_dentry_operations =
@@ -1401,7 +1524,7 @@ out:
 /* SMP-safe */
 static struct dentry *proc_lookupfd(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(dir);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(dir);
         unsigned fd = name_to_int(dentry);
         struct dentry *result = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
         struct file * file;
@@ -1409,10 +1532,10 @@ static struct dentry *proc_lookupfd(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
         struct inode *inode;
         struct proc_inode *ei;
 
+        if (!task)
+                goto out_no_task;
         if (fd == ~0U)
                 goto out;
-        if (!pid_alive(task))
-                goto out;
 
         inode = proc_pid_make_inode(dir->i_sb, task, PROC_TID_FD_DIR+fd);
         if (!inode)
@@ -1447,6 +1570,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_lookupfd(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
         if (tid_fd_revalidate(dentry, NULL))
                 result = NULL;
 out:
+        put_task_struct(task);
+out_no_task:
         return result;
 
 out_unlock2:
@@ -1490,12 +1615,17 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
         struct inode * inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
         unsigned long page;
         ssize_t length;
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+
+        length = -ESRCH;
+        if (!task)
+                goto out_no_task;
 
         if (count > PAGE_SIZE)
                 count = PAGE_SIZE;
+        length = -ENOMEM;
         if (!(page = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL)))
-                return -ENOMEM;
+                goto out;
 
         length = security_getprocattr(task, 
                                       (char*)file->f_dentry->d_name.name, 
@@ -1503,6 +1633,9 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
         if (length >= 0)
                 length = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, (char *)page, length);
         free_page(page);
+out:
+        put_task_struct(task);
+out_no_task:
         return length;
 }
 
@@ -1512,26 +1645,36 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
         struct inode * inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
         char *page; 
         ssize_t length; 
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode); 
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
 
+        length = -ESRCH;
+        if (!task)
+                goto out_no_task;
         if (count > PAGE_SIZE) 
                 count = PAGE_SIZE; 
-        if (*ppos != 0) {
-                /* No partial writes. */
-                return -EINVAL;
-        }
+
+        /* No partial writes. */
+        length = -EINVAL;
+        if (*ppos != 0)
+                goto out;
+
+        length = -ENOMEM;
         page = (char*)__get_free_page(GFP_USER); 
         if (!page) 
-                return -ENOMEM;
+                goto out;
+
         length = -EFAULT; 
         if (copy_from_user(page, buf, count)) 
-                goto out;
+                goto out_free;
 
         length = security_setprocattr(task, 
                                       (char*)file->f_dentry->d_name.name, 
                                       (void*)page, count);
-out:
+out_free:
         free_page((unsigned long) page);
+out:
+        put_task_struct(task);
+out_no_task:
         return length;
 } 
 
@@ -1553,15 +1696,15 @@ static struct dentry *proc_pident_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 {
         struct inode *inode;
         struct dentry *error;
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(dir);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(dir);
         struct pid_entry *p;
         struct proc_inode *ei;
 
         error = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
         inode = NULL;
 
-        if (!pid_alive(task))
-                goto out;
+        if (!task)
+                goto out_no_task;
 
         for (p = ents; p->name; p++) {
                 if (p->len != dentry->d_name.len)
@@ -1748,6 +1891,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_pident_lookup(struct inode *dir,
         if (pid_revalidate(dentry, NULL))
                 error = NULL;
 out:
+        put_task_struct(task);
+out_no_task:
         return error;
 }
 
@@ -1771,10 +1916,12 @@ static struct file_operations proc_tid_base_operations = {
 
 static struct inode_operations proc_tgid_base_inode_operations = {
         .lookup         = proc_tgid_base_lookup,
+        .getattr        = pid_getattr,
 };
 
 static struct inode_operations proc_tid_base_inode_operations = {
         .lookup         = proc_tid_base_lookup,
+        .getattr        = pid_getattr,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
@@ -1816,10 +1963,12 @@ static struct dentry *proc_tid_attr_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 
 static struct inode_operations proc_tgid_attr_inode_operations = {
         .lookup         = proc_tgid_attr_lookup,
+        .getattr        = pid_getattr,
 };
 
 static struct inode_operations proc_tid_attr_inode_operations = {
         .lookup         = proc_tid_attr_lookup,
+        .getattr        = pid_getattr,
 };
 #endif
 
@@ -1981,10 +2130,13 @@ static struct dentry *proc_task_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry
 {
         struct dentry *result = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
         struct task_struct *task;
-        struct task_struct *leader = proc_task(dir);
+        struct task_struct *leader = get_proc_task(dir);
         struct inode *inode;
         unsigned tid;
 
+        if (!leader)
+                goto out_no_task;
+
         tid = name_to_int(dentry);
         if (tid == ~0U)
                 goto out;
@@ -2024,6 +2176,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_task_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry
 out_drop_task:
         put_task_struct(task);
 out:
+        put_task_struct(leader);
+out_no_task:
         return result;
 }
 
@@ -2163,12 +2317,7 @@ static struct task_struct *first_tid(struct task_struct *leader, int tid, int nr
 
         /* If nr exceeds the number of threads there is nothing todo */
         if (nr) {
-                int threads = 0;
-                task_lock(leader);
-                if (leader->signal)
-                        threads = atomic_read(&leader->signal->count);
-                task_unlock(leader);
-                if (nr >= threads)
+                if (nr >= get_nr_threads(leader))
                         goto done;
         }
 
@@ -2218,15 +2367,15 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldi
         char buf[PROC_NUMBUF];
         struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-        struct task_struct *leader = proc_task(inode);
+        struct task_struct *leader = get_proc_task(inode);
         struct task_struct *task;
         int retval = -ENOENT;
         ino_t ino;
         int tid;
         unsigned long pos = filp->f_pos;  /* avoiding "long long" filp->f_pos */
 
-        if (!pid_alive(leader))
-                goto out;
+        if (!leader)
+                goto out_no_task;
         retval = 0;
 
         switch (pos) {
@@ -2266,20 +2415,22 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldi
         }
 out:
         filp->f_pos = pos;
+        put_task_struct(leader);
+out_no_task:
         return retval;
 }
 
 static int proc_task_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
 {
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-        struct task_struct *p = proc_task(inode);
+        struct task_struct *p = get_proc_task(inode);
         generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
 
-        if (pid_alive(p)) {
-                task_lock(p);
-                if (p->signal)
-                        stat->nlink += atomic_read(&p->signal->count);
-                task_unlock(p);
+        if (p) {
+                rcu_read_lock();
+                stat->nlink += get_nr_threads(p);
+                rcu_read_unlock();
+                put_task_struct(p);
         }
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index fbc94df138a7..31e0475c6cb9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -58,14 +58,11 @@ static void de_put(struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 static void proc_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
         struct proc_dir_entry *de;
-        struct task_struct *tsk;
 
         truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
-        /* Let go of any associated process */
-        tsk = PROC_I(inode)->task;
-        if (tsk)
-                put_task_struct(tsk);
+        /* Stop tracking associated processes */
+        tref_put(PROC_I(inode)->tref);
 
         /* Let go of any associated proc directory entry */
         de = PROC_I(inode)->pde;
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
         ei = (struct proc_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(proc_inode_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
         if (!ei)
                 return NULL;
-        ei->task = NULL;
+        ei->tref = NULL;
         ei->fd = 0;
         ei->op.proc_get_link = NULL;
         ei->pde = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 548e7447ea47..37f1648adc23 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/task_ref.h>
 
 struct vmalloc_info {
         unsigned long   used;
@@ -41,13 +42,23 @@ extern struct file_operations proc_maps_operations;
 extern struct file_operations proc_numa_maps_operations;
 extern struct file_operations proc_smaps_operations;
 
+extern struct file_operations proc_maps_operations;
+extern struct file_operations proc_numa_maps_operations;
+extern struct file_operations proc_smaps_operations;
+
+
 void free_proc_entry(struct proc_dir_entry *de);
 
 int proc_init_inodecache(void);
 
-static inline struct task_struct *proc_task(struct inode *inode)
+static inline struct task_ref *proc_tref(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        return PROC_I(inode)->tref;
+}
+
+static inline struct task_struct *get_proc_task(struct inode *inode)
 {
-        return PROC_I(inode)->task;
+        return get_tref_task(proc_tref(inode));
 }
 
 static inline int proc_fd(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 4187b4e9cdb3..abf3208c3f60 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -75,9 +75,13 @@ int proc_exe_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry **dentry, struct vfsmount *
 {
         struct vm_area_struct * vma;
         int result = -ENOENT;
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
-        struct mm_struct * mm = get_task_mm(task);
+        struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+        struct mm_struct * mm = NULL;
 
+        if (task) {
+                mm = get_task_mm(task);
+                put_task_struct(task);
+        }
         if (!mm)
                 goto out;
         down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
@@ -120,7 +124,8 @@ struct mem_size_stats
 
 static int show_map_internal(struct seq_file *m, void *v, struct mem_size_stats *mss)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = m->private;
+        struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
+        struct task_struct *task = priv->task;
         struct vm_area_struct *vma = v;
         struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
         struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
@@ -295,12 +300,16 @@ static int show_smap(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = m->private;
+        struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
         unsigned long last_addr = m->version;
         struct mm_struct *mm;
-        struct vm_area_struct *vma, *tail_vma;
+        struct vm_area_struct *vma, *tail_vma = NULL;
         loff_t l = *pos;
 
+        /* Clear the per syscall fields in priv */
+        priv->task = NULL;
+        priv->tail_vma = NULL;
+
         /*
          * We remember last_addr rather than next_addr to hit with
          * mmap_cache most of the time. We have zero last_addr at
@@ -311,11 +320,15 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
         if (last_addr == -1UL)
                 return NULL;
 
-        mm = get_task_mm(task);
+        priv->task = get_tref_task(priv->tref);
+        if (!priv->task)
+                return NULL;
+
+        mm = get_task_mm(priv->task);
         if (!mm)
                 return NULL;
 
-        tail_vma = get_gate_vma(task);
+        priv->tail_vma = tail_vma = get_gate_vma(priv->task);
         down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
         /* Start with last addr hint */
@@ -350,11 +363,9 @@ out:
         return tail_vma;
 }
 
-static void m_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+static void vma_stop(struct proc_maps_private *priv, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = m->private;
-        struct vm_area_struct *vma = v;
-        if (vma && vma != get_gate_vma(task)) {
+        if (vma && vma != priv->tail_vma) {
                 struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
                 up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
                 mmput(mm);
@@ -363,17 +374,27 @@ static void m_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 static void *m_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = m->private;
+        struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
         struct vm_area_struct *vma = v;
-        struct vm_area_struct *tail_vma = get_gate_vma(task);
+        struct vm_area_struct *tail_vma = priv->tail_vma;
 
         (*pos)++;
         if (vma && (vma != tail_vma) && vma->vm_next)
                 return vma->vm_next;
-        m_stop(m, v);
+        vma_stop(priv, vma);
         return (vma != tail_vma)? tail_vma: NULL;
 }
 
+static void m_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+        struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
+        struct vm_area_struct *vma = v;
+
+        vma_stop(priv, vma);
+        if (priv->task)
+                put_task_struct(priv->task);
+}
+
 static struct seq_operations proc_pid_maps_op = {
         .start  = m_start,
         .next   = m_next,
@@ -391,11 +412,18 @@ static struct seq_operations proc_pid_smaps_op = {
 static int do_maps_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
                         struct seq_operations *ops)
 {
-        struct task_struct *task = proc_task(inode);
-        int ret = seq_open(file, ops);
-        if (!ret) {
-                struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
-                m->private = task;
+        struct proc_maps_private *priv;
+        int ret = -ENOMEM;
+        priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (priv) {
+                priv->tref = proc_tref(inode);
+                ret = seq_open(file, ops);
+                if (!ret) {
+                        struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
+                        m->private = priv;
+                } else {
+                        kfree(priv);
+                }
         }
         return ret;
 }
@@ -409,7 +437,7 @@ struct file_operations proc_maps_operations = {
         .open           = maps_open,
         .read           = seq_read,
         .llseek         = seq_lseek,
-        .release        = seq_release,
+        .release        = seq_release_private,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
@@ -431,7 +459,7 @@ struct file_operations proc_numa_maps_operations = {
         .open           = numa_maps_open,
         .read           = seq_read,
         .llseek         = seq_lseek,
-        .release        = seq_release,
+        .release        = seq_release_private,
 };
 #endif
 
@@ -444,5 +472,5 @@ struct file_operations proc_smaps_operations = {
         .open           = smaps_open,
         .read           = seq_read,
         .llseek         = seq_lseek,
-        .release        = seq_release,
+        .release        = seq_release_private,
 };