> (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER) is open coded in soo many places maybe this is a
> silly question, but...
>
> If the livepatch code could use fake_signal_wake_up(), we could consolidate
> the pattern in klp_send_signals() with the one in freeze_task(). Then there
> would only one place for wake up / fake signal logic.
>
> I don't fully understand the differences in the freeze_task() version, so I
> only pose this as a question and not v2 request.
The plan was to remove our live patching fake signal completely and use
the new infrastructure Jens proposed in the past.
Something like
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
index f6310f848f34..3a4beb9395c4 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/stacktrace.h>
+#include <linux/tracehook.h>
#include "core.h"
#include "patch.h"
#include "transition.h"
@@ -369,9 +370,7 @@ static void klp_send_signals(void)
* Send fake signal to all non-kthread tasks which are
* still not migrated.
*/
- spin_lock_irq(&task->sighand->siglock);
- signal_wake_up(task, 0);
- spin_unlock_irq(&task->sighand->siglock);
+ set_notify_signal(task);
}
}
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index a15c584a0455..b7cf4eda8611 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ void recalc_sigpending_and_wake(struct task_struct *t)
void recalc_sigpending(void)
{
- if (!recalc_sigpending_tsk(current) && !freezing(current) &&
- !klp_patch_pending(current))
+ if (!recalc_sigpending_tsk(current) && !freezing(current))
clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
}
Let me verify it still works and there are all the needed pieces merged
for all the architectures we support (x86_64, ppc64le and s390x). I'll
send a proper patch then.
Miroslav
