1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index e76bd02e930e..304ef637be6c 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -137,12 +137,8 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct * p)
 {
         int zap_leader;
         task_t *leader;
-        struct dentry *proc_dentry;
-
 repeat:
         atomic_dec(&p->user->processes);
-        spin_lock(&p->proc_lock);
-        proc_dentry = proc_pid_unhash(p);
         write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
         ptrace_unlink(p);
         BUG_ON(!list_empty(&p->ptrace_list) || !list_empty(&p->ptrace_children));
@@ -171,8 +167,7 @@ repeat:
 
         sched_exit(p);
         write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-        spin_unlock(&p->proc_lock);
-        proc_pid_flush(proc_dentry);
+        proc_flush_task(p);
         release_thread(p);
         call_rcu(&p->rcu, delayed_put_task_struct);