Make sure we run task_work before we hit any kind of userspace -- very much including signals. Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/entry/common.c | 8 usr/src/linux-2.6/arch/x86/entry/common.c | 440 ------------------------------ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 444 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/entry/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/entry/common.c @@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ static void exit_to_usermode_loop(struct if (cached_flags & _TIF_PATCH_PENDING) klp_update_patch_state(current); - /* deal with pending signal delivery */ - if (cached_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING) - do_signal(regs); - if (cached_flags & _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME) { clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME); tracehook_notify_resume(regs); rseq_handle_notify_resume(NULL, regs); } + /* deal with pending signal delivery */ + if (cached_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING) + do_signal(regs); + if (cached_flags & _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY) fire_user_return_notifiers();