The patch titled
lock_task_sighand: add rcu lock/unlock
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
lock_task_sighand-add-rcu-lock-unlock.patch
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Subject: lock_task_sighand: add rcu lock/unlock
From: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Most of the callers of lock_task_sighand() doesn't actually need rcu_lock().
lock_task_sighand() needs it only to safely play with tsk->sighand, it can
take the lock itself.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Roland McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
kernel/signal.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/signal.c~lock_task_sighand-add-rcu-lock-unlock kernel/signal.c
--- a/kernel/signal.c~lock_task_sighand-add-rcu-lock-unlock
+++ a/kernel/signal.c
@@ -971,13 +971,11 @@ int __fatal_signal_pending(struct task_s
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__fatal_signal_pending);
-/*
- * Must be called under rcu_read_lock() or with tasklist_lock read-held.
- */
struct sighand_struct *lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned
long *flags)
{
struct sighand_struct *sighand;
+ rcu_read_lock();
for (;;) {
sighand = rcu_dereference(tsk->sighand);
if (unlikely(sighand == NULL))
@@ -988,6 +986,7 @@ struct sighand_struct *lock_task_sighand
break;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return sighand;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
kthread-synchronization-issues.patch
kthread-add-a-missing-memory-barrier-to-kthread_stop.patch
kthread-call-wake_up_process-without-the-lock-being-held.patch
mmap_region-cleanup-the-final-vma_merge-related-code.patch
remove-unused-variable-from-send_signal.patch
turn-legacy_queue-macro-into-static-inline-function.patch
consolidate-checking-for-ignored-legacy-signals.patch
consolidate-checking-for-ignored-legacy-signals-simplify.patch
signals-do_signal_stop-use-signal_group_exit.patch
signals-do_group_exit-use-signal_group_exit-more-consistently.patch
lock_task_sighand-add-rcu-lock-unlock.patch
k_getrusage-dont-take-rcu_read_lock.patch
do_task_stat-dont-take-rcu_read_lock.patch
workqueues-shrink-cpu_populated_map-when-cpu-dies.patch
workqueues-shrink-cpu_populated_map-when-cpu-dies-fix.patch
cleanup_workqueue_thread-remove-the-unneeded-cpu-parameter.patch
simplify-cpu_hotplug_begin-put_online_cpus.patch
timers-simplify-lockdep-stuff.patch
hrtimers-simplify-lockdep-stuff.patch
kill-double_spin_lock.patch
redo-locking-of-tty-pgrp.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink-fix.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink-fix-2.patch
free_pidmap-turn-it-into-free_pidmapstruct-upid.patch
put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.patch
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