On 01/24, madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ struct task_struct {
>
> /* Signal handlers: */
> struct signal_struct *signal;
> - struct sighand_struct *sighand;
> + struct sighand_struct __rcu *sighand;
> sigset_t blocked;
> sigset_t real_blocked;
> /* Restored if set_restore_sigmask() was used: */
> diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
> index bcd46f547db3..9ad8dea93dbb 100644
> --- a/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ struct sighand_struct *__lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk,
> * must see ->sighand == NULL.
> */
> spin_lock_irqsave(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
> - if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand))
> + if (likely(sighand == rcu_access_pointer(tsk->sighand)))
> break;
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
> }
ACK,
perhaps you can also cleanup copy_sighand(). rcu_assign_pointer() makes no
sense, we should either move it down or simply use RCU_INIT_POINTER().
Oleg.
