The patch titled
__exit_signal: don't take rcu lock
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
__exit_signal-dont-take-rcu-lock.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: __exit_signal: don't take rcu lock
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
There is no reason for rcu_read_lock() in __exit_signal(). tsk->sighand
can only be changed if tsk does exec, obviously this is not possible.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/exit.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/exit.c~__exit_signal-dont-take-rcu-lock kernel/exit.c
--- a/kernel/exit.c~__exit_signal-dont-take-rcu-lock
+++ a/kernel/exit.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_st
BUG_ON(!sig);
BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&sig->count));
- rcu_read_lock();
sighand = rcu_dereference(tsk->sighand);
spin_lock(&sighand->siglock);
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_st
tsk->signal = NULL;
tsk->sighand = NULL;
spin_unlock(&sighand->siglock);
- rcu_read_unlock();
__cleanup_sighand(sighand);
clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk,TIF_SIGPENDING);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
migrate_timers-add-comment-use-spinlock_irq.patch
tracehook-add-linux-tracehookh.patch
tracehook-exec.patch
tracehook-unexport-ptrace_notify.patch
tracehook-exit.patch
tracehook-clone.patch
tracehook-vfork-done.patch
tracehook-release_task.patch
tracehook-tracehook_tracer_task.patch
tracehook-tracehook_expect_breakpoints.patch
tracehook-tracehook_signal_handler.patch
tracehook-tracehook_consider_ignored_signal.patch
tracehook-tracehook_consider_fatal_signal.patch
tracehook-syscall.patch
tracehook-get_signal_to_deliver.patch
tracehook-job-control.patch
tracehook-death.patch
tracehook-force-signal_pending.patch
tracehook-tif_notify_resume.patch
tracehook-asm-syscallh.patch
tracehook-config_have_arch_tracehook.patch
tracehook-wait_task_inactive.patch
task_current_syscall.patch
proc-pid-syscall.patch
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