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-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c38
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index b0b1ca9daa33..819fa49aa70a 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1120,27 +1120,37 @@ void zap_other_threads(struct task_struct *p)
/*
* Must be called under rcu_read_lock() or with tasklist_lock read-held.
*/
+struct sighand_struct *lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long *flags)
+{
+ struct sighand_struct *sighand;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ sighand = rcu_dereference(tsk->sighand);
+ if (unlikely(sighand == NULL))
+ break;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
+ if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand))
+ break;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
+ }
+
+ return sighand;
+}
+
int group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p)
{
unsigned long flags;
- struct sighand_struct *sp;
int ret;
-retry:
ret = check_kill_permission(sig, info, p);
- if (!ret && sig && (sp = rcu_dereference(p->sighand))) {
- spin_lock_irqsave(&sp->siglock, flags);
- if (p->sighand != sp) {
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sp->siglock, flags);
- goto retry;
- }
- if ((atomic_read(&sp->count) == 0) ||
- (atomic_read(&p->usage) == 0)) {
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sp->siglock, flags);
- return -ESRCH;
+
+ if (!ret && sig) {
+ ret = -ESRCH;
+ if (lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
+ ret = __group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
+ unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
}
- ret = __group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sp->siglock, flags);
}
return ret;