[PATCH] de_thread: Use tsk not current

Ingo Oeser pointed out that because current expands to an inline function
it is more space efficient and somewhat faster to simply keep a cached copy
of current in another variable.  This patch implements that for the
de_thread function.

(akpm: saves nearly 100 bytes of text on x86)
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

fs/exec.c

@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (!newsighand)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (thread_group_empty(current))
+	if (thread_group_empty(tsk))
 		goto no_thread_group;
 
 	/*
@@ -620,17 +620,17 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 * Reparenting needs write_lock on tasklist_lock,
 	 * so it is safe to do it under read_lock.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(current->group_leader == child_reaper))
-		child_reaper = current;
+	if (unlikely(tsk->group_leader == child_reaper))
+		child_reaper = tsk;
 
-	zap_other_threads(current);
+	zap_other_threads(tsk);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Account for the thread group leader hanging around:
 	 */
 	count = 1;
-	if (!thread_group_leader(current)) {
+	if (!thread_group_leader(tsk)) {
 		count = 2;
 		/*
 		 * The SIGALRM timer survives the exec, but needs to point
@@ -639,14 +639,14 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		 * synchronize with any firing (by calling del_timer_sync)
 		 * before we can safely let the old group leader die.
 		 */
-		sig->tsk = current;
+		sig->tsk = tsk;
 		spin_unlock_irq(lock);
 		if (hrtimer_cancel(&sig->real_timer))
 			hrtimer_restart(&sig->real_timer);
 		spin_lock_irq(lock);
 	}
 	while (atomic_read(&sig->count) > count) {
-		sig->group_exit_task = current;
+		sig->group_exit_task = tsk;
 		sig->notify_count = count;
 		__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		spin_unlock_irq(lock);
@@ -662,13 +662,13 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	 * do is to wait for the thread group leader to become inactive,
 	 * and to assume its PID:
 	 */
-	if (!thread_group_leader(current)) {
+	if (!thread_group_leader(tsk)) {
 		/*
 		 * Wait for the thread group leader to be a zombie.
 		 * It should already be zombie at this point, most
 		 * of the time.
 		 */
-		leader = current->group_leader;
+		leader = tsk->group_leader;
 		while (leader->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE)
 			yield();
 
@@ -682,12 +682,12 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		 * When we take on its identity by switching to its PID, we
 		 * also take its birthdate (always earlier than our own).
 		 */
-		current->start_time = leader->start_time;
+		tsk->start_time = leader->start_time;
 
 		write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 
-		BUG_ON(leader->tgid != current->tgid);
-		BUG_ON(current->pid == current->tgid);
+		BUG_ON(leader->tgid != tsk->tgid);
+		BUG_ON(tsk->pid == tsk->tgid);
 		/*
 		 * An exec() starts a new thread group with the
 		 * TGID of the previous thread group. Rehash the
@@ -700,17 +700,17 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		 * Note: The old leader also uses this pid until release_task
 		 *       is called.  Odd but simple and correct.
 		 */
-		detach_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID);
-		current->pid = leader->pid;
-		attach_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID,  current->pid);
-		transfer_pid(leader, current, PIDTYPE_PGID);
-		transfer_pid(leader, current, PIDTYPE_SID);
-		list_replace_rcu(&leader->tasks, &current->tasks);
+		detach_pid(tsk, PIDTYPE_PID);
+		tsk->pid = leader->pid;
+		attach_pid(tsk, PIDTYPE_PID,  tsk->pid);
+		transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_PGID);
+		transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_SID);
+		list_replace_rcu(&leader->tasks, &tsk->tasks);
 
-		current->group_leader = current;
-		leader->group_leader = current;
+		tsk->group_leader = tsk;
+		leader->group_leader = tsk;
 
-		current->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
+		tsk->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
 
 		BUG_ON(leader->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE);
 		leader->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD;
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		spin_lock(&oldsighand->siglock);
 		spin_lock_nested(&newsighand->siglock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
-		rcu_assign_pointer(current->sighand, newsighand);
+		rcu_assign_pointer(tsk->sighand, newsighand);
 		recalc_sigpending();
 
 		spin_unlock(&newsighand->siglock);
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 			kmem_cache_free(sighand_cachep, oldsighand);
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(!thread_group_leader(current));
+	BUG_ON(!thread_group_leader(tsk));
 	return 0;
 }