*/
                tsk->start_time = leader->start_time;
 
-               BUG_ON(leader->tgid != tsk->tgid);
-               BUG_ON(tsk->pid == tsk->tgid);
+               BUG_ON(!same_thread_group(leader, tsk));
+               BUG_ON(has_group_leader_pid(tsk));
                /*
                 * An exec() starts a new thread group with the
                 * TGID of the previous thread group. Rehash the
 
        rcu_read_unlock();
        if (!task)
                goto out;
-       if (leader->tgid != task->tgid)
+       if (!same_thread_group(leader, task))
                goto out_drop_task;
 
        result = proc_task_instantiate(dir, dentry, task, NULL);
 
        return p->pid == p->tgid;
 }
 
+static inline
+int same_thread_group(struct task_struct *p1, struct task_struct *p2)
+{
+       return p1->tgid == p2->tgid;
+}
+
 static inline struct task_struct *next_thread(const struct task_struct *p)
 {
        return list_entry(rcu_dereference(p->thread_group.next),
 
 
        read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
        p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
-       if (!p || (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(which_clock) ?
-                  p->tgid != current->tgid : p->tgid != pid)) {
+       if (!p || !(CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(which_clock) ?
+                  same_thread_group(p, current) : thread_group_leader(p))) {
                error = -EINVAL;
        }
        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
                p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
                if (p) {
                        if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(which_clock)) {
-                               if (p->tgid == current->tgid) {
+                               if (same_thread_group(p, current)) {
                                        error = cpu_clock_sample(which_clock,
                                                                 p, &rtn);
                                }
                        } else {
                                read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-                               if (p->tgid == pid && p->signal) {
+                               if (thread_group_leader(p) && p->signal) {
                                        error =
                                            cpu_clock_sample_group(which_clock,
                                                                   p, &rtn);
                        p = current;
                } else {
                        p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
-                       if (p && p->tgid != current->tgid)
+                       if (p && !same_thread_group(p, current))
                                p = NULL;
                }
        } else {
                        p = current->group_leader;
                } else {
                        p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
-                       if (p && p->tgid != pid)
+                       if (p && !thread_group_leader(p))
                                p = NULL;
                }
        }
 
 
        if ((event->sigev_notify & SIGEV_THREAD_ID ) &&
                (!(rtn = find_task_by_pid(event->sigev_notify_thread_id)) ||
-                rtn->tgid != current->tgid ||
+                !same_thread_group(rtn, current) ||
                 (event->sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_THREAD_ID) != SIGEV_SIGNAL))
                return NULL;
 
                spin_lock(&timr->it_lock);
 
                if ((timr->it_id != timer_id) || !(timr->it_process) ||
-                               timr->it_process->tgid != current->tgid) {
+                               !same_thread_group(timr->it_process, current)) {
                        spin_unlock(&timr->it_lock);
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idr_lock, *flags);
                        timr = NULL;
 
        retval = -EPERM;
        if (task->pid <= 1)
                goto out;
-       if (task->tgid == current->tgid)
+       if (same_thread_group(task, current))
                goto out;
 
 repeat:
 
 
                read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
                for_each_process(p) {
-                       if (p->pid > 1 && p->tgid != current->tgid) {
+                       if (p->pid > 1 && !same_thread_group(p, current)) {
                                int err = group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
                                ++count;
                                if (err != -EPERM)
 
         * to memory reserves though, otherwise we might deplete all memory.
         */
        do_each_thread(g, q) {
-               if (q->mm == mm && q->tgid != p->tgid)
+               if (q->mm == mm && !same_thread_group(q, p))
                        force_sig(SIGKILL, q);
        } while_each_thread(g, q);