This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
kernel: remove checking for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL
to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kernel-remove-checking-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 16021acf95cec0ada90dae2b8409ac234c678f3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 16:04:39 -0600
Subject: kernel: remove checking for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit e296dc4996b8094ccde45d19090d804c4103513e ]
It's available everywhere now, no need to check or add dummy defines.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/entry-common.h | 4 ----
include/linux/sched/signal.h | 2 --
include/linux/tracehook.h | 4 ----
kernel/signal.c | 2 --
4 files changed, 12 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-common.h
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
# define _TIF_UPROBE (0)
#endif
-#ifndef _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL
-# define _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL (0)
-#endif
-
/*
* TIF flags handled in syscall_enter_from_user_mode()
*/
--- a/include/linux/sched/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ static inline int task_sigpending(struct
static inline int signal_pending(struct task_struct *p)
{
-#if defined(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)
/*
* TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL isn't really a signal, but it requires the same
* behavior in terms of ensuring that we break out of wait loops
@@ -369,7 +368,6 @@ static inline int signal_pending(struct
*/
if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)))
return 1;
-#endif
return task_sigpending(p);
}
--- a/include/linux/tracehook.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracehook.h
@@ -205,12 +205,10 @@ static inline void tracehook_notify_resu
*/
static inline void tracehook_notify_signal(void)
{
-#if defined(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)
clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL);
smp_mb__after_atomic();
if (current->task_works)
task_work_run();
-#endif
}
/*
@@ -218,11 +216,9 @@ static inline void tracehook_notify_sign
*/
static inline void set_notify_signal(struct task_struct *task)
{
-#if defined(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)
if (!test_and_set_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL) &&
!wake_up_state(task, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE))
kick_process(task);
-#endif
}
#endif /* <linux/tracehook.h> */
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2525,14 +2525,12 @@ bool get_signal(struct ksignal *ksig)
* that the arch handlers don't all have to do it. If we get here
* without TIF_SIGPENDING, just exit after running signal work.
*/
-#ifdef TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY)) {
if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL))
tracehook_notify_signal();
if (!task_sigpending(current))
return false;
}
-#endif
if (unlikely(uprobe_deny_signal()))
return false;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from axboe@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.10/x86-process-setup-io_threads-more-like-normal-user-space-threads.patch
queue-5.10/powerpc-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/eventfd-provide-a-eventfd_signal_mask-helper.patch
queue-5.10/fs-provide-locked-helper-variant-of-close_fd_get_file.patch
queue-5.10/relay-fix-type-mismatch-when-allocating-memory-in-re.patch
queue-5.10/eventfd-change-int-to-__u64-in-eventfd_signal-ifndef.patch
queue-5.10/io_uring-pass-in-epoll_uring_wake-for-eventfd-signaling-and-wakeups.patch
queue-5.10/blk-mq-fix-possible-memleak-when-register-hctx-faile.patch
queue-5.10/fix-handling-of-nd-depth-on-lookup_cached-failures-in-try_to_unlazy.patch
queue-5.10/net-provide-__sys_shutdown_sock-that-takes-a-socket.patch
queue-5.10/task_work-unconditionally-run-task_work-from-get_signal.patch
queue-5.10/openrisc-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/signal-add-task_sigpending-helper.patch
queue-5.10/net-remove-cmsg-restriction-from-io_uring-based-send-recvmsg-calls.patch
queue-5.10/alpha-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/nios32-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/ia64-don-t-call-handle_signal-unless-there-s-actually-a-signal-queued.patch
queue-5.10/task_work-remove-legacy-twa_signal-path.patch
queue-5.10/revert-proc-don-t-allow-async-path-resolution-of-proc-self-components.patch
queue-5.10/m68k-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/s390-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/um-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/tools-headers-uapi-sync-openat2.h-with-the-kernel-sources.patch
queue-5.10/kernel-provide-create_io_thread-helper.patch
queue-5.10/iov_iter-add-helper-to-save-iov_iter-state.patch
queue-5.10/arc-unbork-5.11-bootup-fix-snafu-in-_tif_notify_signal-handling.patch
queue-5.10/arch-ensure-parisc-powerpc-handle-pf_io_worker-in-copy_thread.patch
queue-5.10/csky-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/arm-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/kernel-stop-masking-signals-in-create_io_thread.patch
queue-5.10/fs-expose-lookup_cached-through-openat2-resolve_cached.patch
queue-5.10/task_work-add-helper-for-more-targeted-task_work-canceling.patch
queue-5.10/nds32-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/signal-kill-jobctl_task_work.patch
queue-5.10/hexagon-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/sh-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/riscv-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/h8300-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/io_uring-import-5.15-stable-io_uring.patch
queue-5.10/sparc-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/blktrace-fix-output-non-blktrace-event-when-blk_clas.patch
queue-5.10/eventpoll-add-epoll_uring_wake-poll-wakeup-flag.patch
queue-5.10/parisc-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/entry-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/x86-wire-up-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/task_work-use-tif_notify_signal-if-available.patch
queue-5.10/drbd-fix-an-invalid-memory-access-caused-by-incorrec.patch
queue-5.10/kernel-don-t-call-do_exit-for-pf_io_worker-threads.patch
queue-5.10/kernel-allow-fork-with-tif_notify_signal-pending.patch
queue-5.10/pata_ipx4xx_cf-fix-unsigned-comparison-with-less-tha.patch
queue-5.10/mips-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/xtensa-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/c6x-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/microblaze-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/net-add-accept-helper-not-installing-fd.patch
queue-5.10/ia64-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/arm64-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/arc-add-support-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/revert-proc-don-t-allow-async-path-resolution-of-proc-thread-self-components.patch
queue-5.10/fs-make-do_renameat2-take-struct-filename.patch
queue-5.10/kernel-remove-checking-for-tif_notify_signal.patch
queue-5.10/arch-setup-pf_io_worker-threads-like-pf_kthread.patch
queue-5.10/nvme-pci-fix-mempool-alloc-size.patch
queue-5.10/fs-add-support-for-lookup_cached.patch
