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authorMark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>2010-08-16 18:42:58 +0100
committerMark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>2010-08-16 18:42:58 +0100
commite4862f2f6f5653dfb67f3ba2b6f0bc74516ed51a (patch)
tree1db5a0540a4eecfad9b7daee476b985e82ddc810 /kernel/signal.c
parentec62dbd7eb8e3dddb221da89ecbcea0fc3dee8c1 (diff)
parentb2c1e07b81a126e5846dfc3d36f559d861df59f4 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' into for-2.6.37
Fairly simple conflicts, the most serious ones are the i.MX ones which I suspect now need another rename. Conflicts: arch/arm/mach-mx2/clock_imx27.c arch/arm/mach-mx2/devices.c arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-rx51-peripherals.c arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-zoom2.c sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.h sound/soc/fsl/mpc8610_hpcd.c sound/soc/pxa/spitz.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/signal.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 906ae5a1779..bded6518778 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static inline bool si_fromuser(const struct siginfo *info)
/*
* Bad permissions for sending the signal
- * - the caller must hold at least the RCU read lock
+ * - the caller must hold the RCU read lock
*/
static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct siginfo *info,
struct task_struct *t)
@@ -1127,11 +1127,14 @@ struct sighand_struct *lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long
/*
* send signal info to all the members of a group
- * - the caller must hold the RCU read lock at least
*/
int group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p)
{
- int ret = check_kill_permission(sig, info, p);
+ int ret;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ret = check_kill_permission(sig, info, p);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
if (!ret && sig)
ret = do_send_sig_info(sig, info, p, true);