diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/signal.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/signal.c | 42 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index 2c403a4c8bee..16a305295256 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -1275,7 +1275,17 @@ struct sighand_struct *__lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk, local_irq_restore(*flags); break; } - + /* + * This sighand can be already freed and even reused, but + * we rely on SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU and sighand_ctor() which + * initializes ->siglock: this slab can't go away, it has + * the same object type, ->siglock can't be reinitialized. + * + * We need to ensure that tsk->sighand is still the same + * after we take the lock, we can race with de_thread() or + * __exit_signal(). In the latter case the next iteration + * must see ->sighand == NULL. + */ spin_lock(&sighand->siglock); if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand)) { rcu_read_unlock(); @@ -1331,23 +1341,21 @@ int kill_pid_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct pid *pid) int error = -ESRCH; struct task_struct *p; - rcu_read_lock(); -retry: - p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID); - if (p) { - error = group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p); - if (unlikely(error == -ESRCH)) - /* - * The task was unhashed in between, try again. - * If it is dead, pid_task() will return NULL, - * if we race with de_thread() it will find the - * new leader. - */ - goto retry; - } - rcu_read_unlock(); + for (;;) { + rcu_read_lock(); + p = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID); + if (p) + error = group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p); + rcu_read_unlock(); + if (likely(!p || error != -ESRCH)) + return error; - return error; + /* + * The task was unhashed in between, try again. If it + * is dead, pid_task() will return NULL, if we race with + * de_thread() it will find the new leader. + */ + } } int kill_proc_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid) |