On 01/27, madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > --- a/kernel/fork.c > +++ b/kernel/fork.c > @@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ static int copy_sighand(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk) > return 0; > } > sig = kmem_cache_alloc(sighand_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); > - rcu_assign_pointer(tsk->sighand, sig); > + RCU_INIT_POINTER(tsk->sighand, sig); Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>