linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] signal: sys_pause() should check signal

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Date:	Mon, 23 May 2011 19:05:51 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	jan.kratochvil@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	indan@....nu
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] signal: sys_pause() should check signal_pending()

ERESTART* is always wrong without TIF_SIGPENDING. Teach sys_pause()
to handle the spurious wakeup correctly.

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

 kernel/signal.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- sigprocmask/kernel/signal.c~pause_ck_signal_pending	2011-05-23 18:09:49.000000000 +0200
+++ sigprocmask/kernel/signal.c	2011-05-23 18:52:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -3023,8 +3023,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(signal, int, sig, __sigh
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE0(pause)
 {
-	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
-	schedule();
+	while (!signal_pending(current)) {
+		current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
+		schedule();
+	}
 	return -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 }
 

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