(depends on lock_task_sighand-add-rcu-lock-unlock.patch) lock_task_sighand() was changed, send_sigqueue() doesn't need rcu_read_lock() any longer. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> --- 25/kernel/signal.c~1_SS_NO_RCU 2008-03-06 00:31:08.000000000 +0300 +++ 25/kernel/signal.c 2008-03-06 00:35:35.000000000 +0300 @@ -1311,8 +1311,6 @@ int send_sigqueue(int sig, struct sigque * We return -1, when the task is marked exiting, so * posix_timer_event can redirect it to the group leader */ - rcu_read_lock(); - if (!likely(lock_task_sighand(p, &flags))) goto out_err; @@ -1323,8 +1321,6 @@ int send_sigqueue(int sig, struct sigque unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags); out_err: - rcu_read_unlock(); - return ret; } --
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