linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] signal: introduce retarget_shared

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:20:23 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Nikita V. Youshchenko" <nyoushchenko@...sta.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] signal: introduce retarget_shared_pending()

No functional changes. Move the notyfy-other-threads code from exit_signals()
to the new helper, retarget_shared_pending().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---

 kernel/signal.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- sigprocmask/kernel/signal.c~1_add_retarget_helper	2011-04-10 18:24:18.000000000 +0200
+++ sigprocmask/kernel/signal.c	2011-04-10 19:33:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -2017,10 +2017,25 @@ relock:
 	return signr;
 }
 
+/*
+ * It could be that complete_signal() picked us to notify about the
+ * group-wide signal. Another thread should be notified now to take
+ * the signal since we will not.
+ */
+static void retarget_shared_pending(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct task_struct *t;
+
+	t = tsk;
+	while_each_thread(tsk, t) {
+		if (!signal_pending(t) && !(t->flags & PF_EXITING))
+			recalc_sigpending_and_wake(t);
+	}
+}
+
 void exit_signals(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	int group_stop = 0;
-	struct task_struct *t;
 
 	if (thread_group_empty(tsk) || signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) {
 		tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
@@ -2036,14 +2051,7 @@ void exit_signals(struct task_struct *ts
 	if (!signal_pending(tsk))
 		goto out;
 
-	/*
-	 * It could be that __group_complete_signal() choose us to
-	 * notify about group-wide signal. Another thread should be
-	 * woken now to take the signal since we will not.
-	 */
-	for (t = tsk; (t = next_thread(t)) != tsk; )
-		if (!signal_pending(t) && !(t->flags & PF_EXITING))
-			recalc_sigpending_and_wake(t);
+	retarget_shared_pending(tsk);
 
 	if (unlikely(tsk->signal->group_stop_count) &&
 			!--tsk->signal->group_stop_count) {

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