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author | Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> | 2007-05-09 02:34:37 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-09 12:30:53 -0700 |
commit | 10ab825bdef8df510f99c703a5a2d9b13a4e31a5 (patch) | |
tree | e4db81f26c03ba5a5bff43ed44646a4ed4509d67 /mm | |
parent | 5de18d169739293e27e0cf9acfc75a2d2f4aa572 (diff) |
change kernel threads to ignore signals instead of blocking them
Currently kernel threads use sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK) to protect against
signals. This doesn't prevent the signal delivery, this only blocks
signal_wake_up(). Every "killall -33 kthreadd" means a "struct siginfo"
leak.
Change kthreadd_setup() to set all handlers to SIG_IGN instead of blocking
them (make a new helper ignore_signals() for that). If the kernel thread
needs some signal, it should use allow_signal() anyway, and in that case it
should not use CLONE_SIGHAND.
Note that we can't change daemonize() (should die!) in the same way,
because it can be used along with CLONE_SIGHAND. This means that
allow_signal() still should unblock the signal to work correctly with
daemonize()ed threads.
However, disallow_signal() doesn't block the signal any longer but ignores
it.
NOTE: with or without this patch the kernel threads are not protected from
handle_stop_signal(), this seems harmless, but not good.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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