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authorChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2011-08-02 16:14:02 -0400
committerChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2011-08-02 16:14:02 -0400
commit3d071cd313643cf82b1ce1ce4fdf08d63ad53964 (patch)
tree874c1683f32f07614aa123f6ca5cf6c2bd443704 /kernel/signal.c
parentcf8e98d15361f8c594da00a3f7a500787fc1a426 (diff)
parent02f8c6aee8df3cdc935e9bdd4f2d020306035dbe (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-linus
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/signal.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c21
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 86c32b884f8..415d85d6f6c 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1178,18 +1178,25 @@ struct sighand_struct *__lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk,
{
struct sighand_struct *sighand;
- rcu_read_lock();
for (;;) {
+ local_irq_save(*flags);
+ rcu_read_lock();
sighand = rcu_dereference(tsk->sighand);
- if (unlikely(sighand == NULL))
+ if (unlikely(sighand == NULL)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ local_irq_restore(*flags);
break;
+ }
- spin_lock_irqsave(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
- if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand))
+ spin_lock(&sighand->siglock);
+ if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
break;
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&sighand->siglock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ local_irq_restore(*flags);
}
- rcu_read_unlock();
return sighand;
}
@@ -2365,7 +2372,7 @@ int sigprocmask(int how, sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)
/**
* sys_rt_sigprocmask - change the list of currently blocked signals
* @how: whether to add, remove, or set signals
- * @set: stores pending signals
+ * @nset: stores pending signals
* @oset: previous value of signal mask if non-null
* @sigsetsize: size of sigset_t type
*/