summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/kernel/signal.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/signal.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c24
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 0f865d67415d..8d8a940422a8 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1244,19 +1244,12 @@ struct sighand_struct *__lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk,
{
struct sighand_struct *sighand;
+ rcu_read_lock();
for (;;) {
- /*
- * Disable interrupts early to avoid deadlocks.
- * See rcu_read_unlock() comment header for details.
- */
- local_irq_save(*flags);
- rcu_read_lock();
sighand = rcu_dereference(tsk->sighand);
- if (unlikely(sighand == NULL)) {
- rcu_read_unlock();
- local_irq_restore(*flags);
+ if (unlikely(sighand == NULL))
break;
- }
+
/*
* This sighand can be already freed and even reused, but
* we rely on SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU and sighand_ctor() which
@@ -1268,15 +1261,12 @@ struct sighand_struct *__lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk,
* __exit_signal(). In the latter case the next iteration
* must see ->sighand == NULL.
*/
- spin_lock(&sighand->siglock);
- if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand)) {
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
+ if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand))
break;
- }
- spin_unlock(&sighand->siglock);
- rcu_read_unlock();
- local_irq_restore(*flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sighand->siglock, *flags);
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return sighand;
}