The patch titled nbd.c: sock_xmit: cleanup signal related code has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is nbdcsock_xmit-cleanup-signal-related-code.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: nbd.c: sock_xmit: cleanup signal related code From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> sock_xmit() re-implements sigprocmask() and dequeue_signal_lock(). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Paul Clements <paul.clements@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/nbd.c | 22 ++++++---------------- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/block/nbd.c~nbdcsock_xmit-cleanup-signal-related-code drivers/block/nbd.c --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c~nbdcsock_xmit-cleanup-signal-related-code +++ a/drivers/block/nbd.c @@ -122,17 +122,12 @@ static int sock_xmit(struct socket *sock int result; struct msghdr msg; struct kvec iov; - unsigned long flags; - sigset_t oldset; + sigset_t blocked, oldset; /* Allow interception of SIGKILL only * Don't allow other signals to interrupt the transmission */ - spin_lock_irqsave(¤t->sighand->siglock, flags); - oldset = current->blocked; - sigfillset(¤t->blocked); - sigdelsetmask(¤t->blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL)); - recalc_sigpending(); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(¤t->sighand->siglock, flags); + siginitsetinv(&blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL)); + sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &blocked, &oldset); do { sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO; @@ -151,11 +146,9 @@ static int sock_xmit(struct socket *sock if (signal_pending(current)) { siginfo_t info; - spin_lock_irqsave(¤t->sighand->siglock, flags); printk(KERN_WARNING "nbd (pid %d: %s) got signal %d\n", - current->pid, current->comm, - dequeue_signal(current, ¤t->blocked, &info)); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(¤t->sighand->siglock, flags); + current->pid, current->comm, + dequeue_signal_lock(current, ¤t->blocked, &info)); result = -EINTR; break; } @@ -169,10 +162,7 @@ static int sock_xmit(struct socket *sock buf += result; } while (size > 0); - spin_lock_irqsave(¤t->sighand->siglock, flags); - current->blocked = oldset; - recalc_sigpending(); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(¤t->sighand->siglock, flags); + sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL); return result; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are avoid-spurious-pollin-returns-in-signalfd.patch w1_therm_read_bin-suspicious-usage-of-flush_signals.patch libata-core-convert-to-use-cancel_rearming_delayed_work.patch freezer-make-kernel-threads-nonfreezable-by-default.patch freezer-make-kernel-threads-nonfreezable-by-default-fix.patch freezer-make-kernel-threads-nonfreezable-by-default-fix-fix.patch freezer-make-kernel-threads-nonfreezable-by-default-fix-2.patch freezer-run-show_state-when-freezing-times-out.patch hibernation-prepare-to-enter-the-low-power-state.patch freezer-avoid-freezing-kernel-threads-prematurely.patch freezer-use-__set_current_state-in-refrigerator.patch freezer-return-int-from-freeze_processes.patch freezer-remove-redundant-check-in-try_to_freeze_tasks.patch pm-prevent-frozen-user-mode-helpers-from-failing-the-freezing-of-tasks-rev-2.patch add-generic-exit-time-stack-depth-checking-to-config_debug_stack_usage.patch add-generic-exit-time-stack-depth-checking-to-config_debug_stack_usage-fix.patch clone-flag-clone_parent_tidptr-leaves-invalid-results-in-memory.patch use-write_trylock_irqsave-in-ptrace_attach.patch fix-stop_machine_run-problem-with-naughty-real-time-process.patch cpu-hotplug-fix-ksoftirqd-termination-on-cpu-hotplug-with-naughty-realtime-process.patch cpu-hotplug-fix-ksoftirqd-termination-on-cpu-hotplug-with-naughty-realtime-process-fix.patch percpu_counters-use-cpu-notifiers.patch percpu_counters-use-for_each_online_cpu.patch mm-fix-create_new_namespaces-return-value.patch adb_probe_task-remove-unneeded-flush_signals-call.patch kcdrwd-remove-unneeded-flush_signals-call.patch nbdcsock_xmit-cleanup-signal-related-code.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html