linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] posix timers: sigqueue_free: don't free sigqueue if it is queued

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Date:	Mon, 26 May 2008 20:55:42 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Austin Clements <amdragon+kernelbugzilla@....edu>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...glemail.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] posix timers: sigqueue_free: don't free sigqueue if it is queued

Currently sigqueue_free() removes sigqueue from list, but doesn't cancel the
pending signal. This is not consistent, the task should either receive the
"full" signal along with siginfo_t, or it shouldn't receive the signal at all.

Change sigqueue_free() to clear SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC but leave sigqueue on list
if it is queued.

This is a user-visible change. If the signal is blocked, it stays queued
after sys_timer_delete() until unblocked with the "stale" si_code/si_value,
and of course it is still counted wrt RLIMIT_SIGPENDING which also limits
the number of posix timers.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

--- 26-rc2/kernel/signal.c~1_SF_DONT_REMOVE	2008-05-26 18:09:12.000000000 +0400
+++ 26-rc2/kernel/signal.c	2008-05-26 18:13:08.000000000 +0400
@@ -1240,18 +1240,22 @@ void sigqueue_free(struct sigqueue *q)
 
 	BUG_ON(!(q->flags & SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC));
 	/*
-	 * If the signal is still pending remove it from the
-	 * pending queue. We must hold ->siglock while testing
-	 * q->list to serialize with collect_signal() or with
+	 * We must hold ->siglock while testing q->list
+	 * to serialize with collect_signal() or with
 	 * __exit_signal()->flush_sigqueue().
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
+	q->flags &= ~SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC;
+	/*
+	 * If it is queued it will be freed when dequeued,
+	 * like the "regular" sigqueue.
+	 */
 	if (!list_empty(&q->list))
-		list_del_init(&q->list);
+		q = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
 
-	q->flags &= ~SIGQUEUE_PREALLOC;
-	__sigqueue_free(q);
+	if (q)
+		__sigqueue_free(q);
 }
 
 int send_sigqueue(struct sigqueue *q, struct task_struct *t, int group)

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